Uncle Sam weighs the lives lost in the German sinking of the Lusitania (and other ships, as seen on the horizon) to his cash flow from selling weapons and other supplies to the combatants, particularly the allies. The moneybags have tipped the scales. A 1916 postcard by Em. Dupuis.

A l'ombre, de la Liberté
In the Shadow of Liverty
On the coffin and the ship in the distance, 'Lusitania'
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