One of the ways the conspirators were able to get the United States into World War I was by getting their man, Woodrow Wilson, into the White House. Wilson was elevated from his position as president of Princeton University to governor of New Jersey. After agreeing to follow certain principles, should he be elected, Wilson was backed for President by the Money Trust. One of the principles Wilson agreed upon was to listen to the advice of the Money Trust should war break out in n 1 a mn who wrote to him on Feb. 14, 1917, urging that he go ahead with world war for world peace. At this time the American people had no interest in getting involved in a European war. Wilson even ran for his second term on the slogan "he kept us out of war." Once back in the White House, he began to push for United States entry into World War I. Two outspoken opponents of United States involvement in the war were Henry Ford and Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. To get the United Sates to declare war on Germany, Wilson contrived with Winston Churchill for the sinking of the Lusitania. This was accomplished by using the Lusitania as a munitions ship. Prior to being sunk, it was sent into U-boat infested waters carrying six million rounds of ammunition, ordered to reduce speed, and deserted by its escort. Hit by a single torpedo, it sank in eighteen minutes due to internal explosions. This information was later revealed by Commander Joseph Kenworthy, who was, at the time, a member of British This 89 Building Modern Babylon Europe. He became a close friend of Andrew Carnegie