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Rh A fleet of the enemy's dreadnoughts, nine in number, has entered and is now covering the city with its guns.

"I hold in my hands an ultimatum from the Commander-in-Chief of the fleet, which I will read to you:

Imperial German Expeditionary Fleet,

Upper Bay, New York Harbor,

April 1, 1916.

Sir:—I have the honor to inform you that the German Government having declared war on the United States, a force was landed and, early this morning, captured all the fortifications covering the approaches to New York.

The fleet under my command, consisting of nine of the latest and most powerful dreadnoughts of the German Imperial Navy, is now anchored in the upper bay.