CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE
HEARING AT NEW YORK
(Iteceived November 25, 9.15 a.m.)
NEW YORK, November 24
In the case against the Hamburg Amerika Line on a charge of conspiracy to deceive and defraud the United Stateß by sending neutral relief ships with coal and other .supplies to the German warships in the Atlantic and Pacific, one witness swore that Captain Boyed, , the German naval attache, personally directed the expenditure of 760,000 dollars which, not solicited and unexpected, appeared to witness's credit at a New York-banki-ng house. All disbursements of. "ihia sum were mado by order of.Captain Boyed! ■ ': ... . ,. ... ... ' Mr Lansing . holds r.that Captain' Boyed is,.not .amenable,, to American; law because he used German "mon"e'| .to 'subsidise American or German steamers, which aided the German warships in a raid on Allied commerce on the high seas. Mr Lansing points out that there are no .proofs forthcoming that Captain Boyed conspired with anybody. His connection i with the case was merely incidental..
Further evidenoo against the Ham-burg-AnKSfio^ directors show-ed that whole fleets of steamers were engaged in. helping the : German warships .at many ports: in ''the.United..States "and both on the -Atlantic, aad'the Pacific. Coal and food were su ; ppl r ied on a, lavish' scale. .....,...•;,,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8305, 25 November 1915, Page 5
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204CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8305, 25 November 1915, Page 5
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