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THE LUSITANIA RECALLED. IF HUGHES HAD BEEN THERE! HIS POSITION NOW CLEAR. . ' '•■■»«•' •■■" ' -■■ • Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N:Z. Cable Association. (EeceLyed 12.40 p.m.) New York, October 13. Judge Hughes, speaking ;it Louisville (Kentucky) for the liis-.t tiu:e defued his position re t.'ie Lv.ait&Dia.. Answering a heckler, he declared that if he" had been President when the .G'ertnaii. I Embassy issued the warning that tbe Lusitania would be sunk, :he would have announced the sinking to the world, stating that it (Would be followed by a break in diplomatic relations, and then tbe Lusitania would never have been sunk. . ;r .Hitherto,..Judge Hughes has invariably discussed tlie Gevman-Ame-rican relations in generalities. His Loujsvlle announcement is accepted as meaning that the Republicans fear they- will" lcfee the. election through the Democratic charge that Judge Hughes is the Kaiser's eadidate, unless Judge Hughes ceases catering for'the German-American vote.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 66, 14 October 1916, Page 6
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144America Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 66, 14 October 1916, Page 6
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