LIBERIA AND GERMANY.
.■>.:•,■ \\-'.;:/''.~r — V .'/-..'■■. ■•'. ■ : :.. : ; "' , INCIDENT; MINIMISED! ■"-""'■■.. (Dt '.TSMMRArH—PRESS ASSOCiATIOX-COr-BICHT.) ■■•'•'. (Eeo." January 18, 11.55 p.m.) ' 'London, January 18. The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" .states that. ; .tii6 ..Wpermann Company deny that the iiiherian gunboat Lark fired shots at a Woermann liner. ■ Tho incident';is. ofßoially/ declared to be : devoid of,political'colour. ' . ' ." . [A' cablegram'published in 'yesterday's issue stated: "Adnws from French West Africa state .that the Liberirin'Customs gunboat Lark, commanded by a British naval reserve officer; fired: at'a steamer belonging to the German .Wpermann Line, off .Gloccstcr. The Lark was recently instructed 1 .-to stop breaches, of the Customs regulations, and to prevent the entrance of ships to those Liberian ports which are not : open to the, trade'of Hie world; A guardBhip.stationed;,on the coast of the Cameroons (a.German colony'in.West Africa) has started for Liberia."] \ ' .' ' -
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 5
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131LIBERIA AND GERMANY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 5
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