TITANIC DISASTER
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(United Trm Awciation—B? jffteo* trio Telegraph — Oopurighi.)
THE SENATE ENQUIRY DISCUSSED IN THE LORDS. THE QUESTION OF NATIONALITY (licccived Last Niglit, 9.40 o'clock.) LONDON, April 26. In the House of Lords, Lord Stanhope drew-attention to the fact that as tho Titanic was flying the British' nag. the enquiry struck at the root of the position in war time, renderiujx nationality doubtful. American he said,' would be forcibly expressed if the position were reversed. Lord Morlfey deprecated the discussion. Any State, he 'said, may institute an enquiry into a foreign wreck, whereby the lives of its subjects were lost. Power to detain witnesses existed in most countries. It was obvious and this should be exercised in consideration for the necessities of other countries.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10620, 27 April 1912, Page 5
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126TITANIC DISASTER Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10620, 27 April 1912, Page 5
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