A TACTICAL BLUNDER.
EFFECT OX XEUTRALS. received August 2, 11.55 p.m. Geneva. August -. The Berlin corrosp.v.iueat of the Basle /.eitung states that the opinion is growing in political circles that Captain Fryatt's execution was a tactical blunder, causing a reversion of sympathy for England on the part of those neutrals who had been exasperated bv the blockade. GERMAN BASENESS. ; A CASE OF SPECIAL SPITE. Received August 2, 7.10 p.m. London, August 1. A German communique, justifying the execution, describes Captain Fryatt as a hired assassin attempting to earn a reward the British Government offered for sinking submarines. British newspapers comment that the Germans did not execute the captain of file Clan HaeTavish, though he attempted to sink the Moewe. It is evident that special spite was shown agaiast Captain Fryatt. I—i «i
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1916, Page 5
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132A TACTICAL BLUNDER. Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1916, Page 5
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