GERMANY’S EXCUSE.
NORTH SEA RAID. Received October 27, 11.40 a.in. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 25. Replying (« neutral indignation at. (lie .sinking of Scandinavian ships in the North Sea raid, a German official statement asserts that the vessels themselves wore to blame for sailing under a convoy and attempting to escape. Anyhow, they were navigating a barred zone, despite the warning given last February. The statement, attempts to deny Iho shell ing of the boats.
THE wheat supply. AND THE U-BOAT SINKINGS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received October 27, 9.10 a.in. WASHINGTON, del. 25. The visible supply of wheat is 14,669,000 bushels. The Shipping Board statistics show that the U-boats, during the last six months, sank on an average only one out of 25 ships attacked.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10118, 27 October 1917, Page 5
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