 Hondo yakatungamirira kukutsoropodzwa kwetsika dzechiGermany muCanada uye kuwedzera kwemanzwiro okurwisana neGermany, zvikurukuru pashure pokunyura kwaMay 1915 kweRMS Lusitania. Kuti ichengete nzvimbo yayo munzanga, Journal kazhinji kazhinji yaidzivisa kuwedzeredza zviitiko zvinorwisana neGermany. Vapepeti vepepanhau vakawana zvakaoma kufadza vaverengi vose; vakasarudza kubudisa nhau dzehondo dzehurumende bedzi asi vakagamuchira zvichemo zvakapesana kuti pepanhau racho raiva reBritain zvikuru kana kuti reGermany zvikuru mukufukidzwa kwaro. Kupararira kwakaderera, navaverengi vakatsamwa vachikonzera kuzvinyoresa kwavo mukuratidzira. Kuvapoteri ivavo vakaramba vakavimbika kuGermany, vapepeti vakatsanangura munyaya yaSeptember 1914 kuti kuberekwa uye kurerwa muCanada - kuva zvizvarwa zvakati kurei neGermany - kwakavatungamirira kuva vokuBritain zvikuru mumurangariro wavo. Ivo vakatsanangurazve kuti kwaizova kusaonga kwavari kushora nyika umo tinofarikanya rusununguko rwakakwana pamwe chete nedziviriro youpenyu nepfuma. 