 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1915 Bottomley akavamba chinyorwa chevhiki nevhiki chenguva dzose cheSunday Pictorial. Musi waMay 4, pashure pokunyura kweLusitania, akashandisa chitsauko ichi kududza vaGermany savanhu vasiri vomuzvarirwo, uye akadanidzira kuti vaparadzwe. Hondo yeBritain, akaramba achidaro, yakanga ichivhiringidzwa nevezvematongerwe enyika vane utsinye; akachengetera chepfu chaiyo vatungamiriri vebato revashandi, Keir Hardie naRamsay MacDonald, avo vaipikisa hondo, uye vaida kuti vatongwe nemhosva yekutengesa nyika. Macdonalds riposteto label Bottomley a man of doubtful parentage who had lived all his life on the threshold of prison backfired apo uyu akabudisa gwaro rekuzvarwa raMacdonald iro rakaratidza kuti mutungamiri wevashandi aive iye asiri pamutemo. Bottomley akatsoropodzawo mutemo wokusatora rutivi weUnited States, achitaura kuti USA yakanga ichishandisa hondo kuti iwedzere simba rayo rezvemari pamitengo yemasimba eEurope. Bottomley akatanga nhevedzano yokurwiswa kwaPurezidhendi Woodrow Wilson uko kwakapfuurira kutozosvikira United States yapinda muhondo muna 1917. 