ALLEGED DUPLICITY OF BERNSTORFF

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2929, 15 November 1916, Page 5

ALLEGED DUPLICITY OF BERNSTORFF

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GRAVES ' BLACKMAIL CASE Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Washington, November 13. ... Armgaard Karl Graves, who is under arrest for attempting to blackmail Countess Bernstorff'(wife of the German Ambassador at Washington),, makos sensational allegations. He v says that Count Bernstorff and his friends made'a million "by playing stocks on advance information of the activities of the submarine TJS3. Graves assorts that code letters which he offered to the German Embassy contained diplomatic secrets of. great importance to the United States, which the German Embassy was afraid to permit him to translate. Graves, therefore, does not expect tbo Embassy to proceed with the charges. . . Count Bernstorff, on being interviewed, characterised the charges'as "rot."

,THE KAISER'S TROUBLED . DOMAIN Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. November 14, 7.15 p.m.) London, November 14. Tho Kaiser visited Herr. Von Batocki's Food Control and conferred at length on the subject of future internal, politics with the Socialist official, Dr. Mullcr. THE NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSIONERSHIP SIR JOSEPH WARD DENIES A REPORT. • Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.' (Rec. November 14, 6 p.m.) London, November 14. Sir Joseph Ward emphatically denies the report which has been circulated in New Zealand that he will succeed Sir -Thomas Mackenzie as High Commissioner for New Zealand. [Tho Teport,which Sir Josoph Ward denies was cabled from London by the Press Association. It stated, further, that Sir. Thomas' Mackenzie was. returning to New. Zealand to re-enter politics.] NEW ZEALAND MEAT IN LONDON HANDLING THE SURPLUS STOCKS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. November 14, 6 p.m.) London, November 14. At a conference at wnich' Mr. Massey, Sir Joseph Ward, and representatives of the colonial meat trade wero present, tho manner of handling tho surplus of New Zealand meat in England was discussed. Mr. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward in the afternoon met tho Executive Committee of tho New Zealand War Contingent Association, af?d discussed tho methods of dealing with' wounded and invalided men. TROUBLE IN CANADIAN CABINET DEFENCE MINISTER RESIGNS. Australian-New Zealand Cabin Association. (Rec. November 14, 9.20 p.m.) Ottawa, November 13. Colonel Sam Hughes (Canadian Defence Minister) has resigned at tho request of the Premier, owing to differences of opinion over tho management of the forces overseas. The appointment of Mr. Porley as Overseas Minister precipitated tho trouble.