UNITED STATES.
THE WILY HUNS. FRUSTRATE BRITISH BLOCKADE. AGENTS BUY UP RAW MATERIALS. Received Feb. 5, 1.40 a.m. New York, Feb. 4. The Government seizure of Hugo Schmidt's secret papers reveals that Germany frustrated the British blockade by ending hundreds of agents to enemy countries to establish banks and buy raw materials. The agents purchased the United States' cotton, British South Africa's wool, and India's jute. The papers show that Germany bought a million dollars worth of materials from unsuspecting Americans, Britishers, Italians, and Scandinavians.
j THE AMERICAN TROOPS. LOCATED IN LORRAINE. I ■ Received Feb. 4, 11 p.m. New York, Feb. 4. American headquarters announces that the Americans are located in Lorleine. . . SIR F. SMITH RECALLED. New York, Feb. 3. The New York Evening Post' states that Sir Frederick Smith has been recalled to England because of his tactless comments on the Irish Convention.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 February 1918, Page 5
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144UNITED STATES. Taranaki Daily News, 5 February 1918, Page 5
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