Did the Germans warn America about the Lusitania?

Topics in Chronicling America - Sinking of the Lusitania. Despite published newspaper articles warning against travel on Allied ships, the RMS Lusitania departed from New York on May 1, 1915, bound for Liverpool. As the ship sailed near Ireland on May 7, it was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank, killing over 1,100 people on board. read more

America totally supported Wilson. He did not want America to enter a war. He was a man of peace and he believed America was not ready for war and did not understand the consequences of war. Walther Schwieger, captain of the U-20 that downed the Lusitania, didn’t have any conscience about torpedoing ships and drowning the people on board. read more