Year: 1916
Type: article
Abstract: The negotiations between the Governments of the United States and Germany regarding the Lusitania were believed to be approaching a conclusion when, on March 24, 1916, the unarmed French steamship Sussex, while crossing from Folkestone to Dieppe with 325 or more passengers, among them a number of American citizens, was torpedoed and sunk in the Channel.On March 27th inquiry was made by the Secretary of State of the United States through the American Ambassador at Berlin if the Sussex was sunk by a submarine belonging to Germany or her allies, and in the next few days similar inquiries were made regarding four other vessels reported to have been sunk with American citizens on board, thus re-556
DOI: 10.2307/2187026
Author: David Jayne Hill
Institution: University of Michigan
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2314633582