AMERICAN CONTRACTS WITH GERMANY.
RETALIATION • THREATENED
(Received September 20, 9J40 a.m WASHINGTON; September 19.
The State Department- •; officials declare that if the" German Courts impose penalties .on American's who are unable to fulfil contracts because of the British " black-list,' '■ retaliation by the United States against 1 Germany will probably result. The conditions imposed by the war,are such- that the State Department believes no Court could hold contracts binding) but if the Ger.man Courts attempt to> penalise Americans, it is' "practically certain that the State Department will encourage suits in American Courts against Germans who | have failed in contracts tor war reasons. v-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3559, 20 September 1916, Page 5
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102AMERICAN CONTRACTS WITH GERMANY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3559, 20 September 1916, Page 5
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