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English: Cartoon depicting Uncle Sam delivering of a note from U.S. president Wilson to Germany protesting at the sinking by u-boat of ships carrying American passengers. The scene is depicted as the office of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who sits at his desk. The background shows trophy pictures of sunken ships the Lusitania, Gulfight, Falada and Cushing. The door is busted off its hinges, suggesting Uncle Sam forced his way in to deliver the message.
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Source Published in the book 'The tragedy of the Lusitania ; embracing authentic stories by the survivors and eye-witnesses of the disaster, including atrocities on land and sea, in the air, etc.' by Frederick D Ellis, published 1915 by national publishing co., Philadelphia. Caption states cartoon is from Philadelphia record.
Author unknown, cartoonist for the Philadelphia Record

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