America

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 27, 1 June 1915, Page 5

America

CONTRABAND SMUGGLING. ARREST IN NEW YORK. Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received S am.j London. May 31. The Times' correspondent at New York says the British Consulate Xrayed a number of bales of cotton. which indicated that live Austro-Ger-man merchants were conspiring to smuggle rubber into Austria and Germany. The German authorities had furnished them with large credits. The rubber was packed in barrels of rosin, which had been declared contraband, and then hid in cotton. The accused sought to export in British ships to Genoa. They have been charged with defrauding the American Government by false declarations.

THE SITUATION CRAVE. NEWSPAPERMEN ANGRY. GERMANY'S REPLY CRITICISED. Unhid Fsua Association. (Received 9.40 a.m.) London, May 31.

Renter at Washington says there is profound disappointment at Germany's reply, and the situation is consi lered grave. New York newspapers state that Germany's reply is temporising and insincere. The Merall says: "Germany pror poses to delay, while reserving the right to backhand us. The United States holds a brief for civilisation and will not be diverted from her duty by quibbling." The Philadelphia Public Ledger says: "The reply is a confess' - --! of avoidance, and Germany must bo brought to a sense that the States cannot argue when the question involves Americans being brutally sacrificed by a Government repudiating law and humanity." The Chicago Herald says the reply has not relieved, but increases the tension.

The Providence Journal says that unless Germany accepts the demands, there is nothing left except to sever diplomatic relations.

TROUBLE IN MONTREAL. ITALIAN RESIDENTS ROUSED. Times anu Sydney S:;n Service. (Reoe.vtd 8 a in.) London. .\f«y 31. Three thousand Italians in Montreal raided Bourmsa's new.-paper, "Bedevoir," for publishing a state ment that Italy had gone to war fur selfish reasons. The police dispersed the crowd.