GERMANY TO PAY
THE LUSITANIA CRIME
CLAIM SUiTS IN UNITED STATES COURT
IMPORTANT DECISION
(Roc. August 275 5.5 p.m.)
New York, August 25. A Judge of tlio United States Supremo Court has_ refused to compel the Cunartl Steamship Line to pay damages ill suits, aggregating between eight and ten million dollars in connection with the sinking of the Lusitania. The Court decided that Germany must; pay damages, England and America _ to enforco payment at ;orac future time. Tho decision will affect more than forty other suits now pending. Captain Turner is exonerated from all blame. The Judgo declared that the evidence showed that there wero no explosives on board.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. U-BOATS SINK SEVEN DDTCH LUGGERS ; (Rec. August 27, 9.35 p.m.) Amsterdam, August 26. German submarines have sunk seven Dutch luggers off Ymiuden (on tho Dutch coast).—Bcutcr.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19180828.2.30
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 291, 28 August 1918, Page 5
Word Count
137GERMANY TO PAY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 291, 28 August 1918, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in