may 9, 1915 - "SINKING JUSTIFIED, SAYS DR. DERNBURG" NY Times 1915, May 9

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NY Times 1915, May 9 - SINKING JUSTIFIED, SAYS DR. DERNBURG

Lusitania a "War Vessel," Known to be Carrying Contraband, Hence Search Was Not Necessary.

CLEVELAND, May 8. — Justification of the sinking of the liner Lusitania by German submarines as a man of war was advanced today by Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, former German Colonial Secretary and regarded as the Kaiser's official mouthpiece in the United States. Dr. Dernburg gave out a statement at the Hollenden Hotel following his arrival in Cleveland to address the City Club at noon on Germany's attitude in the present war.

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