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Show Nothing to Be Said. QUINCY, Mass., Feb. 20. It was stated at the offices of the Fore River Shipbuilding company today that there was nothing to be Eaid regarding the complaint of Germany and Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary that parts of submarines were being made in New. England for Great Britain. It has been understood locallv that Ion qiiV.m:, ri nes were under construction here for a foreign government, but that no attempt would be made to deliver thm until after thp, close of the war. The matter was investigated by government gov-ernment officials in November, at which time President J. i'- Powell admitted that contracts had been received. Id January it was unofficially stated that the contracts were being carried out with the understanding that the boats would remaio m tne yarn unr.ii me eiue of the war. It is known that no shipments of completed submarines have been made from here since hostilities began. |