Americans Urged to Quit Germany Warns of Break with Berlin
Washington May 12 Reports say the United States faces danger of a break with Germany as diplomats seek clarifications on the Kaiser era envoy Dernberg. The state department inquiries focus on Dernberg’s remarks and possible removal, with Berlin and Washington tensions rising. Navy and war department officials offer limited comments amid broader security concerns.
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Wilson compares German piracy to Barbary attacks
President Wilson denounces German submarine warfare as pure piracy. He likens it to Barbary pirates and explains the push to issue a firm note to Berlin while weighing possible severing of diplomatic ties. Officials assess the Lusitania Cushing and Gulflight cases as central to the U S protest strategy.
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Berlin urges England to apologize for Lusitania deaths
Berlin asserts England is responsible for American lives lost when the Lusitania sank. A semi official statement repeats Germany's view that British assurances of sea safety failed while Britain tried to starve Germany and ignored its submarine blockade of the British Isles.
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Roosevelt Attacks Wilson With Sharp Remarks
Theodore Roosevelt rebukes President Wilson in a sharp, sarcastic address referencing a Philadelphia speech. He warns against passive policy toward China and cautions that asserting rights does not require war, while urging prompt presidential action. The former president invokes Civil War era loyalties to stress decisive policy.
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Murder on the High Seas Roosevelt on Lusitania crisis
Theodore Roosevelt writes for Metropolitan Magazine on the Lusitania sinking, condemning German submarine ruthlessness and calling for immediate American action. He draws parallels to Barbary pirates and criticizes neutrality as a failure to uphold humanity and the duties of the American republic.
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No War Declaration Yet Report From State Department
At 1 a m no news was received from the state department or the Italian, Austrian and German embassies about a report that Italy had declared war.
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Roosevelt Utterances Called Insult to Germany
Berlin May 12 Baron Mumm Von Schwartzenstein a top diplomat denounced ex President Roosevelt's Lusitania remarks as an insult to Germany. He said Roosevelt's words insulted the German people and those who served the fatherland with courage in peril.
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Cedar Falls Faces Deluge as Flood Fears Rise
Cedar Falls may be submerged within days if waters from Rattlesnake lake continue rising at about a foot and a half per day. Already dozens flee to tents and box cars as a temporary frame building rises to store merchant stocks. Judge Mitchell Gilliam's court reportedly adjourned briefly after a clock misread.
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Kidnapped in Auto: Greek defendants convicted again
Loretta Kreuger and Blanche Dunham testified that on January 27 they were forced into a taxi, drugged and driven to Everett and Snohomish while unconscious. A superior court jury found Demosthenes Vallianos Nick Tulys and Tom Baranosguilty a second time of kidnapping to block testimony in a case involving a countryman, leading to the discharge of Peter Padmos by Justice Read Whiteherd.
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