U-BOAT APPEARS OFF LIBERIA
WIBELESS PLANT AND FRENCH CABLE DESTROYED,. London, April U. A German submarine appeared off the Libpi'ian coast on April 9 and seized a small armed vessel, which she- torpedoed after making the crew prisoners. The commander threatened to bombard Monrovia, unless the authorities dismantled the wireless and closed the French cables. This was done, but later the commander insisted on the destruction of tlio wireless plant and the cable. The Government refused, and the commander thereupon bombarded Monrovia for an hour, destroyed the cable and wireless stations and caused casualties. A passing steamer interrupted the. submarine, and a fig-lit between the. two vessels ensued, b'ut the result is not stated.— Keuter. • [Liberia is a negro republic on the Pepper Coast (Guinea) of West Africa. The capital, Monrovia, has a population of 5000.1
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 177, 16 April 1918, Page 6
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136U-BOAT APPEARS OFF LIBERIA Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 177, 16 April 1918, Page 6
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