America

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 3, 4 May 1915, Page 7

America

SUGGESTED BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN GOODS. United Prxbb Association. (Received 8.55 a.m.) London, May 3. There is a movement a-t'oot in Germany to boycott American goods m retaliation for providing the -Allies with ammunition. Commercial circles in Hamburg, especially Ballin's fellowers, are opposing the movement as foolish and ruinous. j The Hamburger Nachrichten states: "We must be careful, for we will need America after the war." SINKINC OF THE GULF LIGHT. GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. London, May 3. The American steamer Gulf Light was torpedoed off the Seilly Isles. She reached Falmouth. ! The Gulf Light, bound from Port Arthur to Rouen, was towed by the crew into the Sound, awaiting the i Falmouth tugs. One of the crew was drowned and. one is missing. The 'captain's body was landed at St. Mary's with the remainder of the crew. (Received 9.5 a.m.) Reiltor at Washington says that the torpedoing of the Gulf Light has created a stir in official circles, and that the gravity of the situation is everywhere admitted. The New York World declares: "This is by far the most serious case, involving the United States under the war zone. Germany must be strictly held accountable." The Gulf Light's crew include several Germans and Austrians. A CANADIAN LANDOWNER. . II has not 'only been reported for a long time that the German Emperor is a large landowner in Canada, but it has been asserted that he is the actual, though not the nominal, proprietor of more acres in that British possession than he ever had in all the former German colonies put together. His Canadian possessions are stated to be bold in the name of bis friend and factotum, Count Alvensleben. The Canadian Government is understood to have been aware of the real ownership of the areas in question, which include some lands of great richness, and according to Router's New York correspondent, is making n thorough investigation into the validity of the transfer of certain of these holdings to American citizens friendly Uo Germany. Count Alvensleben was jn British Columbia before the war broke out, but then crossed the frontier into the United States, and has since been visiting Seattle. In British Columbia he owns some hundreds of thousands of acres of an estimated value' running into millions of dollars. The question of the validity of the transfer rests on the alternative whether the holdings are to be regarded as belonging to a private individual, 01 whether the Kaiser is to be considered as the representative of an enemy State. If the former interpretation holds, the Dominion officials are powerless to interfere.