America
GENERAL ITEMS.
New York. December 26
The Government takes over control of the railways on December 28, Mr W. G. MeAdoo (Secretary of the Treasury) being director-general. There is the greatest indignation over the report of the first German atrocity against the American troops, a sentry’s throat having been cut after capture. The incident has intensified American hatred of Prussian-
The authorities are seeking the mysterious •‘Madame H.,” who is,the central figure in the German spy system. ft is believed she was implicated in the scheme to blow up the Welland canal, also the anti-Indian and other plots.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 28, 28 December 1917, Page 5
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