History of Modern Europe, 1878-1919

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History of Modern Europe, 1878-1919 by George Peabody Gooch

" Dernburg, the ex-Colonial Minister, who had been sent to the United States at the beginning of the war to present the German case, defended the destruction on the ground that the vessel (The Lusitania) carried munitions. The statement was true; but the torpedoing of a crowded passenger vessel without warning sent a thrill of horror through the world, and aroused American feeling far more than the violation of Belgium. "

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