Defamation of the City Berlin (19 May 1915)

On May 19, the Berliner Journal reported that a newspaper in Toronto had published a dispatch from Galt which stated that German citizens in Berlin had celebrated the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. The editors made it clear that this information was only a rumour and was harming the image of the city. They hoped that the responsible persons in Galt would publicly disclaim the truth of their dispatch.

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(“Verleumdung der Stadt Berlin” Berliner Journal, 19 May 1915)