THE HAMBURG-AMERIKA CASE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2631, 29 November 1915, Page 5

THE HAMBURG-AMERIKA CASE

AMERICAN PORTS AS GERMAN SUPPLY BASES. Bt Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ~ ~ , New York, November 26. At the'trial of the directors of the ilamburg-Amerika Company, the master of the Norwegian steamer Nepos gave evidence that he carried supplies from I hiladelphia m August, 1914. He was bound to Monrovia to supply the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, but the German vessel was sunk by the Highflyer. The captain later sold the supplies to a British cruiser. The Nepos before she met the British warships, lav fpr fivo months idle at Teneriffe. Other similar lion-neutral expeditions, showing that Gerhiany had made elaborate preparations to supply her warships from Amerioan ports, were doBonbca. -in- tlio evidenco. A FRUITLESS VOYACE. SUSPICIOUS STEAMER CHASED ALL THE WAY HOME. (Rec. November 28, 5.5 p.m.) ; New York, November 27. The American Zealandia, which a Britisli cruiser searched when off the Mexican coast, has arrived at New York with her cargo unloaded. Hie oraiser chased the Zealandia all the fray back, but _ the latter kept within American territorial waters. The. Zealandia's crow were exclusively Germans. The American Trans-Atiantio Company has requested the Government to convoy its steamer Wicebago, ex BUenos Ayros, lost British warships should seize it, owing to some doubt existing as to the legitimaoy of its transfer to the American Mg.