AMERICA AND GERMANY
THE SITUATION, REPORTED TO BE LESS HOPEFUL. j ! - ! NEW FACTORS "WHICH MAY I.KAJ) | TO WAR. Australian N.Z. Catbl* AMociatiofe. (Received February !), 8.45 WASHINGTON. February 8. Correspondents are less hopeful as to , the situation, and the possibility of averting war. Two new factors, tho- sinking of the California ami the report, in lvg.-ml to the holding of Mr J. X. Gerard as a ! ihostage. arc extremely disquieting. ■ It Is pointed out that the Cuiiiornui j was a ship and was sunk j .without' warning. The fact thar one j • 'American who was aboard was saved j 'was not duo to the submarine's pre-j cautions. The. submarine, as a matter I 'of fact, fired two torpedoes at a distance of only two hundred yards from the vessel.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11927, 9 February 1917, Page 1
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