PIRATE ADVENTURE IN THE PACIFIC
MORE GERMAN SCHEMING
By Associatioa—OojjsrlgljV K San Francisco, October 7. _ Reports arriving from the Dutch East Indies, indicate ■ that :tho" niystcrions steamer Maverick has been apprehended there through the. agency of Dutch warships. She was fouiid to be laden with guns and ammunition, sections of submarines, and rifles, apparently intended for ase in German'aggression in the Pacific. The, Maverick departed' from' San Pedro, California, in April, clearing as usual. Apparently the cargo .was nob inspected."'; ■ ■ ■ '■ •■■■• ■' It is thought that Germans in the United States planned a Pacific submarine base to operate against Russian or Australian steamers. [Some months ago reports were cur-: rent, that . the,: Maverick had) left • the United States with a warlike cargo on board, but the stories did no l-.ave an authoritative 'appearance at the tune]
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2587, 8 October 1915, Page 5
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134PIRATE ADVENTURE IN THE PACIFIC Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2587, 8 October 1915, Page 5
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