AMERICA'S DESPERATE HOPE FOR PEACE.
: THE ONLY'GROUND OH WHICH SHE WILL FIGHT. MURDER WITHOUT EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. CRISIS DECLARED TO BE PETERING OUT. :, JAuitrellin ant j |j.z. CatTe Aaioontlon.] 9.30 a.m.) . __„ WASHINGTON, February 9. ~- . toe "United States -will not fight -unless it is proved that an American \. 5' t aTrip has been deliberately torpedoed under circumstances admitting •of no i extenuation. As no American ships are now on the high seas the crisis Is , 'jrjetering out. ', Officials are expressing the forlorn hope that if war is to be averted it •■- j jnay be by Count Bernstorff dissuading the Kaiser, when he reaches Berlin, ' i from a> continuance of the new submarine policy. , i Mr. Henry Ford, of "Pacifist" notoriety, announces that if war comes he rJffill loan a hundred million dollars ( £20,000,000) to the Government without 1 Interest. "l Despite the torpedoing of the California and other vessels, it is believed ."{Elisi Mr. Wilson, while of opinion that war is not far off, will await the '.:. jikareßt breach of international la-w, thus securing an indisputable issue.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 36, 10 February 1917, Page 5
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