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“THOSE FLIPPANT AMERICANS, who were drowned on the Lusitania.” —Cologne Gazette.

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The semi-official Cologne Gazette added insult to injury when it characterized the one hundred and twenty-five American men, women and children lost on the “Lusitania,” as “Those Flippant Americans.”

Sunken lifeboat filled with women and children.
Sunken lifeboat filled with women and children.

“THOSE FLIPPANT AMERICANS, who were drowned on the Lusitania.”—Cologne Gazette.

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