TAMPERING WITH THE MAILS
A GERMAN EXPLANATION By Telegraph—Pi'oss Association—Copyright. , Stockholm, July 8. Tlio" : German /explanation of: tho capture of mailbags, from tho 'steamer Bjoem is that several mailbags hidden under the cargo were suspiciously heavy. Thoy were opened,' and found .to contain contraband wire-cutters destined, for England, and were confiscated. [The Foreign Office announced on the oth instant that, letters hearing .the German censorship label, lately received in England, established tho fact that when tho mail steamers Bjoern and i'horsten were captured closed mailbags from Russia and Sweden were opened, contrary to.the First Article, of .the Hague Convention of 1007.]
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2510, 10 July 1915, Page 6
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101TAMPERING WITH THE MAILS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2510, 10 July 1915, Page 6
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