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Show oo H NEW DEFENSE I OF VON PAPEN I Captain Never Made a Pay- M ment to Werner Horn to M Blow Up Canadian M Bridge. M Berlin, Jan. 21, by wireless to Say- jH vine. Another statement in defense jM of Captain Franz von Papeu, former H German military attache at Washing- jH ton, was made today by the Over- H seas News Agency, which says: H "A wireless dispatch from England H says that the letters, checks and H vouchers which were taken from Cap- H tain von Papen by the British at Fal- jH mouth in violation of International jH law are to be published. It is to be H hoped they will be reproduced in fac H fiirail, because it will then bo evident H that 'Captain von Papen never made H a payment to Werner Horn, who is "jH nccused of having attempted to blow JM up a Canadian railway bridge." IH Referring to British contention that lH von Papen's safe conduct did not in- jH elude personal belongings, tho agency JH "Germany will regret that It was JH not known before, for In that case tho H archives of tho British embassy might H havo been seized after the beginning jM of the war." 4 jH |