UNITED STATES.
THE GERMAN INTRIGUES. HAMBURG-AMERIKA COMPANY ON TRIAL. New York, Nov. 29. Emil Olsen, master of the steamer Unita, bound from Philadelphia to Cadiz, gave evidence before the Ham-biirg-Amerika investigation thai a German supercargo on hoard the Unita tried to get him to coal German warships in the West Indies in September, 1914. Olsen refused, declaring that he had cleared for Cadiz, and intended to go to Cadiz at all costs. The supercargo tried bribing him with £3OOO, but Olsen declared himself a British citizen and said he would not coal a German warship if offered a million dollars.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1915, Page 5
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