Word: statements
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said that this statement was based on his personal opinion. He testified that in his opinion there were unmistakable danger signs in the air, that Commander Lansdowne made an error in judgment in not steering around the storm, and that the destruction of the ship was caused by the bursting of gas cells because a number of safety valves had been removed (all points that the survivors of the disaster deny). Lieutenant Rosendahl, one of the survivors, questioned...
...Several other witnesses were called who answered him, denying his several points. One of them had testified regarding a quotation of Heinen in the newspapers (Heinen was reported as saying that sending out the Shenandoah with some of her safety valves removed was "murder") that when he read that statement he said to his wife: "That man is a liar and he knows he is a liar...
...understand the meaning of the English word, a liar is one who conveys false facts with intent to deceive. I did not make the statement reported and I have never attempted to deceive...
That some stormy scenes are to be expected, may be judged from a statement by Deputy Louis Marin: "M. Caillaux's failure is the best thing that could have happened to us. I think he must have sought it himself when he saw he was rushing into an inextricable situation. The Government undoubtedly and the Parliament certainly will reject the proposals he is bringing...
...movement of a troop-train in Kiangsu, the statement of a General in Anhiwei, an editorial in Honan-news of this and that came down from the teeming provinces to Shanghai. In Shanghai, a theory developed...