The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
By Burton J. Hendrick
6 Apr, 2020
The news of the Lusitania was received at the American Embassy at four o'clock on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. At that time preparations were underway for a dinner in honour of Colonel and Mrs. House; the first Lusitania announcement declared that o
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The news of the Lusitania was received at the American Embassy at four o'clock on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. At that time preparations were underway for a dinner in honour of Colonel and Mrs. House; the first Lusitania announcement declared that only the ship itself had been destroyed and that all the passengers and members of the crew had been saved; there was, therefore, no good reason for abandoning this dinner. Less