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"Ruthless" or "Unlimited" Warfare?

Raemaekers, Louis, 1917, Chromolithograph
"Ruthless" or "Unlimited" Warfare?
"Ruthless" or "Unlimited" Warfare?
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Item no
32926
Title
"Ruthless" or "Unlimited" Warfare?
Description
"'U' boat officer: 'The steamer is down; now quickfire on the lifeboats.'"

"The Dutch steamship, 'Helien,' 2,011 tons, chartered by the Belgian Relief Committee, and bearing its marks on both mastheads, was fired on by a submarine. It immediately stopped, and its crew took to their boats, but the firing continued, and one of the boats containing ten men was hit and seven of the crew were killed. A remarkable document issued by the German Press on 1 February 1917 and marked 'Secret, confidential, not to be copied,' instructed editors that the 'U;'boat warfare was not to be called 'ruthless' but 'unlimited,' and that opinions on it were not to be published, as it would encourage the enemy and perhaps induce wavering neutrals to come in. Toward America it was advisable to use outward forms of friendliness."
Artist / maker
Date
1917
Size
33.1 x 26.4 cm
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the Louis Raemaekers Foundation.