From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Feb 06 2006 - 05:48:41 PST
Probably was carrying war material to Europe despite
Rick
--- Everette <194cbteng@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> February 6
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the Neutrality Act.
>
> 1917 German sub sinks U.S. passenger ship California
> Just three days after U.S. President Woodrow
> Wilson's speech of February 3,
> 1917-in which he broke diplomatic relations with
> Germany and warned that war
> would follow if American interests at sea were again
> assaulted-a German
> submarine torpedoes and sinks the Anchor Line
> passenger steamer California
> off the Irish coast.
>
> The explosion of the torpedo was so violent and
> devastating that the
> 470-foot, 9,000-ton steamer sank just nine minutes
> after the attack. Despite
> desperate S.O.S. calls sent by the crew to ensure
> the arrival of rescue
> ships, 38 people drowned after the initial
> explosion, for a total of 43
> dead.
> This type of blatant German defiance of Wilson's
> warning about the
> consequences of unrestricted submarine warfare
> drove Wilson and the United
> States to take the final steps towards war. On April
> 2, Wilson went before
> Congress to deliver his war message; the formal
> declaration of U.S. entrance
> into the First World War came four days later.
>
> Everette
> Deo adiuvante
>
>
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