UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1916, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

MUNInONS EXPLOSION,

' GERMANS INCRIMINATE!* ' New York, August 10. , The police are investigating informal' tion indicating that the explosion Ol munitions was the work of German plotters who were tryng to prevent the , shipment of munitions. A letter has been c : scovered showing that the wrecking by explosives of vessels at Seattle early in 1015 was the work of Germans. A letter found in the mail to Germany, . says: "I disappeared from Seattl? suddenly because I helped in sending to the bottom of the harbor a shipment of explosives for the Russians. I should not i:«sitate to do the same again." The Federal authorities arc investigating the matter. X THE LIMIT. PROPOSED MAMMOTH BATTLESHIP^ ( < Received August 11, 10.30 p.m _ »- New York, August 10. Commander Adger-Moffat, Unitefl States naval expert, advocates the ■building of a mammoth super-dreadnought, 60,000 tons. !)!).> feet in length, 105 feet beam, with a speed of 'M knots and carrying ten 18-inch guns. He says that such a ship might be called the limit, as it would result in the scrapping of every other dreadnought in the world, and would make the United States navy the foremost in the world. PREPARING FOR COMMERCE SUBMARINES. deceived August 11, 5.5 p.m. London, August 10. Tile Eastern Forwarding Company, the New London agents for the German undersea boats, have leased a pier, and are hurriedly erecting a warehouse. It |is believed the Bremen will land therq 'in a few days. MUNITIONS EXPORT EMBARGO } LIFTED. 1 Received August 11, 5.5 p.m. New York, August 10. The embargo which was placed on munfc tions' shipments consequent on the ex« plosion, the particulars of which were cabled on July 30, has been lifted by the Court, as the result of the suit by the Canadian Car Foundry Company. Erling Iverson and Exel Larsen (Norwegians), were held to be suspects in connection with the explosion, as they, had suspicious papers.