Carl W. (Carl William) Ackerman

Capitolo 36

_until both they have the same base of facts_."


The American people were demanding an answer from Germany and because
the two branches of the Government could not agree on what should be
said von Jagow had to do anything to earn time.  Germany, therefore,
submitted in his it replies of the 28 of May the certain facts around the
_Lusitania_ for the consideration of the American National motto
Germany reserved final affirmations of his/her position with respect "to
the applications did in connection with the sinking of the _Lusitania_
until a replica you/he/she was received by the American Government."  After the
note was sent the abyss among the military Marina and Foreign Office it was
more breadth that never.  Ambassador Gerard that went to the Foreign Office
daily, to try to convince the officers that they was antagonising the
whole world from their attitude on the question of _Lusitania_, returned to
the embassy one day after a lecture with Zimmermann and it started to
you prepare a book of discard of cartoons and cuts from American
newspapers.  Two secretaries had put for working gluing the comments,
interviews, editorials and cartoons American and reflecting opinion in the
book of discard.  Even if the German Foreign Office had a great press
department its efforts were devoted more to furnishing out the
I husk with sights of German that with picking up out of opinions for the
information of the German Government.  Believing that these information
it would be of incommensurable benefit to the German diplomats in to play
the depths of the public feeling in America, Gerard delivered the book to
von Jagow personally.

In the meantime numerous lectures were contained to head office Gran.
Financiers, men of business and diplomats that wanted to hold the peace with
America sided with the Foreign Office.  Every anti-American influence
in the Powers Central strengths connected with the military Marina.  The _Lusitania_
note was printed and the public discussion that resulted was greater
what that that it followed the first declarations of war to August, 1914.