 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kupindura kukomberedzwa kweBritain kweCentral Powers, vaGermany vakatanga mushandirapamwe wepasi pegungwakuzorwa nezvikepe zvokutengeserana mumakungwa akapoteredza Zvitsuwa zveBritain. Wilson akaramba zvakasimba urongwa uhwu, uhwo hwaiva nomugumisiro wakasimba zvikuru pakutengeserana kweAmerica kupfuura kurambidzwa kweBritain. Muna March 1915 Thrasher Incident, ngarava yemvura yeBritain Falaba yakanyudzwa nechikepe cheGermany chine vanhu 111 vakafa, kusanganisira mumwe muAmerica. Pakuvamba muna 1915, bhomba reGermany rakarova ngarava yeAmerica, Cushing, uye ngarava yepasi pegungwa yeGermany yakarova ngarava inotakura mafuta yeAmerica, Gulflight. Wilson akatora pfungwa, yakavakirwa pahumwe uchapupu hunonzwisisika, kuti zviitiko zvose zviri zviviri zvaive tsaona, uye kuti kugadziriswa kwezvikumbiro kwaigona kumbomiswa kusvika pakupera kwehondo. Chikepe chepasi pegungwa cheGermany chakanyudza ndokunyudza ngarava yokuBritain inopfuura nomugungwa inonzi RMS Lusitania muna May 1915; vanopfuura chiuru vakaparara, kubatanidza vazhinji veAmerica. Wilson haana kudaidzira hondo; panzvimbo pezvo akati, Pane chinhu chakadai somunhu anodada zvikuru kuti arwe. Pane chinhu chakadai sorudzi rwuri rwakarurama kwazvo zvokuti harudi kunyengetedza vamwe nesimba kuti rwakarurama. Akaziva kuti akanga asarudza mashoko akaipa apo vatsoropodzi vakarova kutaura kwake. Wilson akatumira chichemo kuGermany icho chakakumbira kuti hurumende yeGermany itore matanho nokukurumidza kudzivirira kudzokororwa kwezviitiko zvakadai sokunyura kweLusitania. Mukupindura, Bryan, uyo aidavira kuti Wilson akanga aisa kudzivirira kodzero dzokutengeserana dzeAmerica pamusoro pokusatora rutivi, akarega basa muhurumende. 