THE MAN WHO SUNK THE LUSITANIA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 113, 26 November 1915, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE MAN WHO SUNK THE LUSITANIA.

M. Gustavo Herve's paper, "La Guerre Sociale," publishes the following remarkable story of the sinking of the Lusitania in the form of a telegram from Milan: — " The order to sink the Lusitania sirrived on 2nd May at Heligoland, arid aroused the indignation ot all the tracers. More than one was beside Himself. The order was nevertheless Carried out by the I*2l, which left i:?'oe« the command of Lieutenant H< i*ng. •'The writer of the letvr wat- o'l board his ship when Ff>"'<« returned from his expedition, and tvt.s able in take note of the cotiteuipt winch «H the officers manifested towards him. Without daring to lift his head, !'«•: muttered, it went aga.rist me to act as I did act, but 1 could not do otherwise." He was crying. • v He then told how none of his men knew the object of the voyage, and how several times he was on the point of letting them into the secret iii the hope of seeing the crew mutiny. .-. " i tried to avoid witnessing the »hastlv scene which followed, and made away from the torpedoed liner at full speed. Then I came to the surface. The : sea .was crowded with struggling wretches; even at that distance 1 could hear the shouts of tho shipwrecked. I had become a man of stone, incapable of moving or giving ao order.' "