AMERICA AND GERMANY
TJNFULFILED CONTRACTS. JAustralian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. Sept. 20, 9-30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The State Department officials declare that if the German Courts impose penalties on Americans who are unable to fulfil contracts because of the British Black List, retaliation bv the United States against Germany will probably result. y The conditions imposed bv the war are euch that the State Department believes no court could hold that contracts are binding, but if German courts attempt to penalise Americans, it is practically certain that the State Department will encourage suits in American courts against Germans who have failed in contracts for war reasons.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 20 September 1916, Page 5
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