 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MaGermany akashandisa zvikepe zvinomhanya nepasi pegungwa muNorth Atlantic muHondo Yenyika I, uye muna April 1915 hurumende yeGermany yakapa nyevero yokuti yaizorwisa ngarava dzevanhuwo zvavo dzeBritain. Lusitania yakaputirwa nemapurisamusi waMay 7, 1915, mukati merwendo rwokubva kuNew York; vokuAmerica 128 vakanga vari pakati pa 1 198 vakarasikirwa noupenyu hwavo. Mapepanhau aiva omushandirwi waMcCay William Randolph Hearst akarerutsa nhamo yacho, sezvo Hearst akanga achipesana neU.S. kupinda muhondo. Vaverengi vemapepanhau ake vamene vakanga vachiwedzera kutsigira hondo pashure peLusitania. McCay akanga ariwo, asi akanga achidikanwa kuenzanisira vanyori vanorwisana nehondo uye vanorwisana neBritain nemupepeti Arthur Brisbane. Muna 1916, McCay akapandukira chimiro chomushandirwi wake ndokutanga kuita pro-hondo Kunyura kweLusitania munguva yake. 