Government did not place great eredence in the warning. The Government has warned the captain of the Troquois, "however, and ordered several Coast Guard' and nav: sels to meet the ship and escort it the. Femaining way to the United States.
Mr. Early said Admiral Racder claimed he had received the informa: tion from "creditable sources." The warning obviously placed the full' blame for the sinking of the Athenia on the Allied Powers and intimated that Britain and France were attempting to drag the United States into war against Germany by sinking ships carrying American refugees and blaming the attacks on Germany.
The Iroquois left Ireland on October 2 with a full load of American re-{gees from the European war zone.
The German Embassy here said it had received no notice of the German Admiral's warning to the Ameri-con Government—United Press.
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