Washington, Aug. 19.
The United States, in a tersely worded note, has formally notified Germany it "expects" the United States Army transport American Legion, homeward bound from Pet-same with 1,100 European war refugees aboard, "not to suffer molestation" from German armed forces, The State Department revealed that notification had been given the German Government after Germany had asked and the United States had refused to change the course of the vessel—United Press.
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