Excerpt from How the Laconia Sank, 1917: The Militia Mobilization on the Mexican Border; Two Masterpieces of Reporting
The German announcement of an unrestricted submarine campaign followed by the breaking off of diplomatic relations by our government gave to London a renewed value as a source of news.
The American public immediately became interested to learn how England would meet the submarine measure and, anticipating hostilities with Germany, to learn what unprepared, loosely governed England has done to equip herself for war.
During the course of the war The Tribune has made many efforts to obtain interesting news from England but, due to the censorship and the deadening effect of London association upon American newspaper men, its own correspondents had been as unsuccessful as the correspondents of other newspapers.
We chose for our final attempt one of our star local reporters, Floyd P. Gibbons. Mr. Gibbons has added to a wide experience in local reporting, a series of adventures in Mexico with Villa, the expedition to Colonia Dublan with Pershing, and a critical study of the militia mobilization in Texas.
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