SINKING ILLEGAL
LOSS OF CANADIAN RUM-RUNNER APOLOGIES BY THE UNITED STATES United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON, January 21. The Secretary of State, Mr Hull, in a Note delivered to the Canadian Minister, Mr Herridge, said that while the joint American-Canadian Commission found the mission to use the rum-runner “I’m Alone,” unlawful, they also found that the sinking by the United States coastguard cutter Dexter, unlawful. The Government of the United States therefore tenders his Majesty’s Canadian Government an apology for the sinking of the vessel, Mr Hull is talcing the necessary steps to secure an appropriation of 50,000 dollars damages for the Canadian Government and the captain and crew of the “I’m Alone."
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20014, 23 January 1935, Page 9
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114SINKING ILLEGAL Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20014, 23 January 1935, Page 9
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