MYSTERIOUS SEIZURE.
WHY PORTUGAL TOOK THE SHIPS; " TRUCULENT TALK. ' '•''''; '{?.. "(Received 9-1 a.m.)' _\\- -7 LISBON, February; 27. Speaking in .the Chamber of; Deputies, the Premier justified'the action' of the Government, in .seizing. Ihe iGerman steamers that . were , interned .in the Tagus. - He ; stated that the vessels had been taken' on the- ground of economic necessity;'.,. The 7 Premier stated an machine had been ;found in the i boilers .of-7 the Nprd Deutscher liner Bulow, 8,965-tons, which .-was designed to blow uprthe ship- the moment she" left the. moorings. An explosion was averted, but'the machinery had been} ruined." i Senhor Costa urged :the.~deriunciation of the "German-Portugueser treaty; and added: "We are ready, for alp-even-tualities." /' .. I 777-j
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1916, Page 5
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