DRAMATIC INCIDENT.
AMERICA STILL AT WAR. By Telegraph.—Press Ass:!.—CopyrtjM London, Oct. 27. A dramatic story is told of the experience of the American destroyer Broom, at Kiel. The destroyer was ordered to the assistance of the battleship Pittsburg which was ashore at Kiel. On her arrival the Pittsburg was refloated, but the Broom was instructed to stay. A German admiral ordered the Broom to leave, as America was still at war With Germany. The American officer replied that he had orders to stay. "If you stay I open fire," responded the German. "Open fire, but here I stay till I am blown out of the water," replied the American officer. The Broom is still at Kiel unharmed, —Reuter Service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1920, Page 5
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