EVADING THE BLOCKADE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4, The Government's seizure of Hugo Schmidt's secret papers reveals that Germany frustrated the British blockade by sending hundreds of agents to Allied countries to establish banks and buy raw materials. The gents, purchased United States' cotton, British I South Africa's wool and India's jute. The papers show that Germany bought a million .dollars' worth of materials from unsuspecting Americans, Britishers, Italians, and Scandinavians.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 6
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EVADING THE BLOCKADE.
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 6
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