Show LUSITANIA ACT WAS INTENDED BRIEF IN CLAIMS CASE DISCLOSES DIS DIS- CLOSES EXISTENCE OF DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS DOC DOC- HELD HERE Proof of or Deliberately Planned Sinking of Big Steamer I is I. Contained In Archives Archive of the American Government j Washington Proof the German government deliberately planned d and ordered the sinking of the Is s contained in the secret archives of ot othe he the American government and and has haa been een submitted d to the mixed claims commission in support of ot the fight tight this ils government is making for full payment of ot all loss losses s ot of life lIte- lIte and property property prop- prop erty sustained by American citizens In n the ca catastrophe That such proof exists Is official 17 y disclosed in n a brief filed flied before the commission on behalf of ot the Amerlan Amerl Amen ran can an government by the American gent agent agent Robert W W. W Bonynge representing represent represent- representIng Ing ng the state department who calls attention to o exhibits in the form ot of evidence submitted In basic claIm lalm cases to v tosho show that the German Imperial government itself deliberate ly Iy y planned and ordered the torpedo lag Ins ng of the Lusitania by one of ot its u. U U- boat commanders Mr Bonynge's brief also shows that the lie American government is resisting to o the limits of Its ability the contention contention con con- of the present German go gov that the only persons entitled to claim as a result of Germanys Germany's sinking of ot the it If It any any ony- would be the Ule dependents or legal representatives representatives rep rep- of descendants Such contention Is being made by Karl von on Lewinski the German agent before the lie commission who has submitted briefs in which he agrees that the true rue legal status of all aU claims arising from the sinking Is the German gov note of February 4 4 1010 1910 to the American government In this note the German government promIsed prom prom- sed reparation In in respect to lives hives lost by Ih the sinking The exhibits declares the American Amen Ameri can agent brief show that the former imperial German government had Inan in inan inan an an official way WilY turned over in its Us' Us mind ithe the Ithe project of sinking the tania or some big British liner manifestly mani featly with the purpose of terrifying British shipping and thereby Interfering Inter fering with commerce and cation between the United States Slates and the tile enemies of ot Germany The warning which emanated from the G German embassy was signed by bythe bythe bythe the then ambassador to the United States from Germany Count Vonner von ner and as 88 published in New rs on the morning of ot May 1 1015 1915 f Le bre re date ot of April 15 1015 1915 This date a a. a a matter of f fact fac was nine days before the even go got Into port and ond two weeks before she he loaded for tor sailing salling Germany a as the tho Incontrovertible proof in the Lusitania case shows knew that she was going to sink the and that without warning and Germany must have known that tha when a torpedo or torpedoes were fired Into the all alt sorts o of Injuries and losses to nationals national o of numerous countries would occur |