COAL FOR GERMAN CRUISERS.
A CAPETOWN DISCOVERY
AGENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND
AMERICA
PREARRANGED SHIPMENTS
Capetown, Oct. 6
The German cruiser Eber left the Cape before the outbreak of war. A I letter addressed to her commander has been intercepted. It contains instructions dated June 14th, revealing a complete system for coaling the German navy in the event of the outbreak of war, through secret agents in Capetown, New York, and Chicago. It had been arranged for colliers to leave Table Bay ostensibly for England, imd to meet warships at an agreed renckzvous.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13594, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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93COAL FOR GERMAN CRUISERS. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13594, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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