Berlin, Jan. 20.
An official statement by the Ger-Air. Ministry announces that commission of enquiry Into the uses of the destruction of the airship Hindenburg at Lakehurst, last year, had found that "the disaster must be due to an act of God, unless the possibility "of criminal attempt be considered." The experts believe a possibility of a criminal attempt exists but agree that: the explosion could only have been caused by an explosive bullet from a noiseless gun, since explosives which have caused "the explosion from inside could not have been smuggled into the dirigible owing to the strict guard. The violence of the explosion, the experts point out, appears to indicate that the explosion was not caused by a bullet. It is mote probable therefore, the report declares, that the explosion. was caused by an Act of God—Trans:
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