THE ENEMY IN MEXICO.
, WIRELESS STATIONS DISCOVERED. NEW PIRATE CRAFT IN GULF OF MEXICO. OX LOOK-OUT FOR OIL SHIPS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received August 14. noon.) NEW YORK. August 13. A dispatch from Mexico City states that a powerful wireless plant has been discovered at the lighthouse on Lobos Island. It is believed possible that a, German information station so situated could easily learn and transmit the sailings of Allied oil ships from Mexico, The lightkeeper, who is unable satisfactorily to explain, has been arrested. The "New York Times" correspondent in Mexico Citv reports that a new pirate ship has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. A wireless station was found hidden in the hills at the mouth of the Champton River. Government officials believe that the Germans are supplying the Southern Tabasco rebels with ammunition. The Germans are conducting a strong antiAraerican propaganda.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12085, 14 August 1917, Page 5
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