We find that the deceased met death from prolonged immersion and exhaustion in the sea eight miles south-southeast of Old Head of Kinsale, Friday, May 7, 1915, owing to the sinking of the Lusitania by torpedoes fired by a German submarine. We find that the appalling crime was committed contrary to international law and the conventions of all civilized nations. We also charge the officers of said submarine and the Emperor and the Government of Germany, under whose orders they acted, with the crime of wholesale murder before the tribunal of the civilized world. We desire to express sincere condolences and sympathy with the relatives of the deceased, the Cunard Company, and the United States, many of whose citizens perished in this murderous attack on an unarmed liner. President Wilson’s note to Germany, written consequent on the torpedoing of the Lusitania, was dated six days later, showing that time for careful deliberation was duly taken. The President’s Secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty, on May 8th made this statement: Of course the President feels the distress and the gravity of the situation to the utmost, and is considering very earnestly but very calmly, the right course of action to pursue. He knows that the people of the country wish and expect him to act with deliberation as well as with firmness. Although signed by Mr. Bryan, as Secretary of State, the note was written by the President in shorthand--a favorite method of Mr. Wilson in making memoranda--and transcribed by him on his own typewriter. The document was presented to the members of the President’s Cabinet, a draft of it was sent to Counselor Lansing of the State Department, and after a few minor changes, it was transmitted by cable to Ambassador Gerard. DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON, MAY 13, 1915. _The Secretary of State to the American Ambassador at Berlin_: Please call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and after reading to him this communication leave with him a copy. In view of the recent acts of the German authorities in violation of American rights on the high seas, which culminated in the torpedoing and sinking of the British steamship Lusitania on May 7, 1915, by which over 100 American citizens lost their lives, it is clearly wise and desirable that the Government of the United States and the Imperial German Government should come to a clear and full understanding as to the grave situation which has resulted.