GERMANS DENY SINKING OF TUBANTIA.
TRY TO THROW BLAME ON BRITAIN. LONDON, March 20. A German official statement Says that there were no German mines in that part of the North Sea where the Dutch liner Tubantia was lost, nor could a German submarine have been there, the locality being wifchiu the area described in the declaration of February 4, 1915, as "not dangerous to navigation." Referring to this statement, the Secretary to the Admiralty states that no British submarines were in the vicinity at the time of the disaster. DUTCH GOVERNMENT SENDS A SHARP NOTE. (Received 12.4 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, March 20. The Dutch Government has sent a very sharp Note to Germany concerning the sinking of the Dutch liner Tubantia.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 69, 21 March 1916, Page 5
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121GERMANS DENY SINKING OF TUBANTIA. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 69, 21 March 1916, Page 5
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