THE LUSITANIA CRIME
OFFICIAL INQUIRY OPENS CAPTAIN'S EVIDENCE London, June 15. Lord Mersey has opened, the inquiry into the sinking of the Lusitania. Sir Edward Carson (Attorney-Gen-eral), on behalf of the Board of Trade, denied that the Lusitania was armed or was acting as an auxiliary cruiser. Tho submarine fired two torpedoes, and it is believed a third a'so. Sinking a passenger ship in that manner was a deliberate attempt at murder. The main question was how far the Lusitania's captain had acted upon the Admiralty Regulations, but these could not. be made public. Captain Turner, in his evidence, said that the average speed on the voyage was twenty-one knots. The Lusitania was travelling .at eighteen knots at the time of the disaster. lie was oxpect;,,,r an attack and the look-out wan doubled. Everything was in readiness, but difficulties arose on the Lusitania owimr l«'r movement and, the shortness ~oi time before her sinking. Asked if the passengers were helpilia, Captain Turner replied; "You should say 'intorfermE.'
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2490, 17 June 1915, Page 5
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167THE LUSITANIA CRIME Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2490, 17 June 1915, Page 5
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