PARALYSING THE WORLD'S SHIPPING.
LATEST GERMAN SCHEME. New Yo:-1-:. June y'< Mr. Andrew l-’nril: <-l h. President < t i he 10l t riiai if.md Seamen s I nion of A nieiie.i. i; tlie au I hori ly t‘ r a st ->tenieni- that (.ermtiny lor some time pm t has been attempting t“ provoke a worldwide striki* <>f. Jill rr.-inn-n. A< *-ording to Mr l-’uruset h. who say< he has ce.mimmlent©d the information Io the V, ashingto-.: ant hot it ie: . ii>c Gi-rmati Govorii-iih-ih. ih'-oiig.i its agent -, offered to gimrante<- a pension <>f -t- a week to <-■.< ry man in return for p.ii’tii ipalion in tin- strike as long as ills’* war la:-!s.
This offer. Mi-. Eiirm-etb declares-, has already ln-on made to the unions of Amerii-.-i. and has been or will lie made to lho a* of every other neutral country in the world. '1 lie ofl<-r v.tis made indio-i-tly tlirough a relinin'! (Ici-maii official in the I nityd Slates, the idea being to t ie up shipping- thr<nighonf- t Im- world, t'mis. preI venting- the Allies from obtaining I;■ iiiiim nit ton and other war supplies from the I iiit.-il States and else ■where. Mr. J-’uiiiseth addressed ■meeting at Norfolk. Virginia, yester- ' flay t vening. and v.hilr* t<> go into del :ils regarding the Gcrmati offer, announced that he was able, if necessary, to prove his charges. He added tlial in h* s opinion German secret agents wei© , indirectly responsible for the trordde with tin- dockers in Englamt.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 432, 11 August 1915, Page 3
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