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whole: the title heads the design, with a subtitle and accompanying text located at the foot, all in red. The main text
occupies the centre, in black. All are set against a plain white background and held within a black border.
image: text only.
text: REMEMBER THE 'LUSITANIA'
THE JURY'S VERDICT SAYS:
'We find that the said deceased died from their prolonged immersion and exhaustion in the sea eight miles south south-west of the Old Head
of Kinsale on Friday, May 7th, 1915, owing to the sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania by a torpedo fired without warning from a German
submarine.'
'That this appalling crime was contrary to international law and the conventions of all civilized nations, and we therefore charge the
officers of the said submarine, and the Emperor and Government of Germany, under whose orders they acted, with the crime of wilful and
wholesale murder before the tribunal of the civilized world.'
IT IS YOUR DUTY TO TAKE UP THE SWORD OF JUSTICE TO AVENGE THIS DEVIL'S WORK.
ENLIST TO-DAY
PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, LONDON. POSTER No. 91
PRINTED BY DAVID ALLEN AND SONS LD. HARROW. MIDDLESEX. 5M-5/15
The sinking of the British passenger liner RMS Lusitania was one of the most controversial incidents of the First World
War.
On 1st May 1915 the Lusitania set sail from New York bound for Liverpool, with over 1,900 passengers and crew on board. Six days later a
German submarine, the U-20, sank her as she approached southern Ireland. 1,200 lives were lost, including 128 Americans, causing outrage in
both Britain and America.
In her defence, Germany argued that the Lusitania was carrying supplies of ammunition and also cited American press warnings discouraging
travel on Allied ships. Nevertheless President Woodrow Wilson issued an official protest and there were anti-German riots in American
cities. Meanwhile British propaganda capitalized on the incident (see PST 11782, PST 11803, PST 11821 and PST 11856), portraying it as an
act of German barbarism.
Though America remained for the time neutral, the sinking of the liner caused a significant hardening of opinion against Germany, which
eventually led to her entry into the First World War, in 1917, on the side of the Allies.
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No. 91.
Applies same text as PST 11782, but uses a different typeface within a smaller format. Also applies same text as PST 5127, again using a
different typeface but within a larger format. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | civilian suffering Recruitment Campaign 1914-1916 UK British Home Front 1914-1918 shipping British Army 1914-1918 Home Front PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE recruiting First World War Propaganda WW1 British Home Front Atrocities and War Crimes | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | David Allen and Sons Ltd, Harrow, Middlesex | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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