THE GRAF SPEE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1939, Page 5

THE GRAF SPEE

URUGUAY REJECTS GERMAN PROTEST ENERGETIC LANGUAGE USED. THE ARAUCA’S LOADING. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. NEW YORK, December 22. The Montevideo correspondent of the "New York Times” reports that Uruguay energetically rejected Germany’s protest. The text of the Note is not published, but it is stated to be couched in the same tone as the German protest, which was unusually harsh, and used anything but diplomatic language. Coastguards at Fort Lauderdale are investigating reports that the Arauca might have been carry munitions when she took refuge. Watchers declare that objects were jettisoned as she fled.

The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” states that the Treasury reveals that the German freighter Arauca, which took refuge from a British warship in an American port, carried 800 or 900 tons of oil, which a Maritime' Commission official declared was more than double her requirements for a voyage to Hamburg. However, the Treasury believes that there is no justification for the suspicion that she was preparing to fuel a German warship. PAN-AMERICAN PROTEST VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY ZONE. BLAME PLACED ON GRAF SPEE. NEW YORK, December 21. Theßio de Janeiro correspondent of the United Press of America says the Pan-American protest against violation of the neutrality zone is expected to be issued at the weekend. It blames the Admiral Graf Spee for starting the battle.