Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-05-10
NEW YORK GERMANS
HOLD CELEBRATION

Deutschland Uber Allies resounded
Friday night wherever Germans met
to discuss and to toast 1.-The day,
which. to their mind. sealed the tate
of British world dominion on the
seas. In the fashionable German Club.
headquarters of the Teutonic elite and
camping ground of German military
officers unable to join their colors, the
sinking of the Lusitania was the prin-
cipal topic Of animated conversation.
Everything else was forgotten in the
blow struck at Britain, the arch en-
envy through the torpedoing Of the
Lusitania.
This is a mesterstroke, which will
curb transatlantic travelling and iso-
late Great Britain more effectively
than a whole fleet of super-dread-
noughts could possibly accomplish"
said a stalwart captain of cavalry.
ITS the doom of Great Britain"
And then followed the toasts to the
Kaiser, to Won Tirpitz and to the
L boat heroes.
AT Luechow's, in Fourteenth street,
the show of patriotism was exuber-
ant. The orchestra had been instructed
to play only patriotic songs, and
these were sung with a vim by the
Germans, who packed the premises
to suffocation. With wives and chill
dren they had come to celebrate the
victory
The goblet and stein were raised often
to the Kaiser last night at the Hobrau
Haus, Broadway and Thirtieth street
and at the kaiserhof. 1416 Broadway
There was little noise at either place
| but there was a marked feeling Of good
| cheer and camaraderie in the news that
| the Lusitania had been sunk by a Ger.
| man submarine.
"A thousand dollars is a fortune &c
| me-" shouted the cashier at the Hofbrau
| Haus. but I'd willingly lose it for the
sake of hearing the greatest bit Of news
In many day. Just watch poor Britain
sneaking back with a scorched tail"
They wee warned" exclaimed anothe,
| enthusiast, as he ordered a round O,
drinks for all present. They were tolc
that if they sailed they ran chances o.
being torpedoed. Now they've got il
good and plenty"
| One young man explained that $500, 90
worth of war munitions had gone dowr
with the Lusitania, and that no Germa,
could help feeling anything but prount
at this bit Of strategy on the part of tn,
kaiser's naval war machine.
This powder would have been use;
against our men, said another well
dressed man. The captainsof the Lusi
tania, who steered her through trouble
some waters weeks ago by using tn
American flag, knew that the next tim
the ship sailed it would be torpedoed
American flag or no American flag. That
why he didn't go on this trip, on the ex
cuse that he had suffered a neryou
breakdown
At the kaiserhof the tragic side D
the sinking did not seem to enter in.
to the conversation. 1t was the fac
that German submarine had sun.
the lady of British battleships" tina
stirred the Germans.
Thirty-seven millions have gon
down with the sinking one man ex
claimed, smiling.
THE war can't last long now cho
rused several others.
This finally became the opinion O
all present They could not see VIII.
Britannia should rule the water whel
Germans fleet had already show
her mastery"
In Terrace Garden every table ha,
a spokesman who tried his best t.
make himself heard for the benefit .
his neighbors.
The British are licked" shouted
plump faced red necked blonde hair
ed giant. If they can't protect thei
own shores with their big fleet, VIII
will protect them" he beloved. An
those who heard him cheered, an
those who didn't hear, cheered too. ]
was contagious.