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Excerpt from Why We Went to War: I. Submarine Warfare; II. Prussian Militarism
March 12, 1915, the Allies issued a decree in which they declared that it was necessary to prevent merchandise from reaching Germany directly or through neutrals. They, how ever, asserted in taking this step that they would not follow Germany in her cruel and barbarous methods and would not in their intention endanger neutral vessels or the lives of non-combatants; that they would act in strict conformity with the laws of humanity. On March 28 a German submarine sank the Falaba, drowning an American citizen; on May 1 the Gubfligh-t, drowning two American citizens; and on May 7 the Lusitania, drowning 114. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.