WAR CRIMINALS
SUBMARINE OFFICERS ON TRIAL
"SCANDALOUS ACQUITTALS."
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPIRIGBT.)
(AUSTRAY.IAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received July 13, 9.30 a.m.) » " ■' BERLIN, 12th July. < The trial of Boldt and ■ DithnYai',' t\vo submarine officers, has begun in Leipzig., They are charged with murder in connection with the sinking of the British hospital ship Uan^overy Castle.
[The Llandovery Castle, was torpedoed on 27th June, 1918, 100 miles from land and nearly 300 miles from the prohibited area. Of 268 people on board, -234 lost their lives.]
(Received July 13, 9.30 a.m.)
PARIS, 11th July. M. Briand, in the Chamber of Deputies, referred to''the scandalous, acquittals at the Leipzig trials. He Said the Government wa6 opposed to all military intervention, but would maintain the sanctions agreed to in London.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 11, 13 July 1921, Page 7
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