The Yasaka Maru Gets No Warning (1915)

The Yasaka Maru sinking was a brief matter of great international interest, further proof that civilians were still targets in the current war. Greater disasters preceded it, and would follow, but that didn't stop the ship's name from being added to a growing list of grievances that would lead to an even larger war.  Ship Name: Yasaka Maru  Nationality: Japanese  Tonnage: 11758  Built: 1914  Ship Type: Steel Steamer  Sank: 1915  Location Sank: 60 Miles for Port Said Egypt  Reason For Sinking: Torpedo  Lives Lost: None  Sources: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/238766438?searchTerm=yasaka%20maru https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/12/25/100183843.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/12/24/104660252.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212813534?searchTerm=yasaka%20maru https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19160229-1.2.82.0 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/109923951?searchTerm=yasaka%20maru https://uboat.net/wwi/boats/successes/u38.html https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/6586.html https://uboat.net/wwi/men/commanders/373.html https://issuu.com/maxshow/docs/8-2019__med1 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/dlc_ghana_ver01/data/sn84026749/00280764942/1915122501/0356.pdf https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131452243?searchTerm=yasaka%20maru https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/address-to-congress-declaration-of-war-against-germany https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/191116542?searchTerm=yasaka%20maru https://books.google.com/books?id=qxRDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA338&lpg=PA338&dq=yasaka+maru&source=bl&ots=pwsnWI4k1M&sig=ACfU3U1m0YuOPfjY5FRoEzt661zYM3uqaA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwip9Z6zxo37AhWnk4kEHWBjAj04FBDoAXoECBQQAw#v=onepage&q=yasaka%20maru&f=false https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lusitania-British-ship https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/239911?journalCode=jmh https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/dlc_eastern_ver01/data/sn83045433/00237288828/1915122401/0406.pdf https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SJMN19151224.2.3&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/194990360?searchTerm=yasaka%20maru https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19170227-1.2.37?ST=1&AT=advanced&DF=&DT=&NPT=&L=English&CTA=Article&SortBy=Oldest&K=Shipwreck&KA=Shipwreck&P=25&QT=shipwreck&oref=article