SCUTTLING OF GERMAN BATTLESHIP
POSSIBILITY OF CREW BEING INTERNED STRONG PROTEST TO THE URUGUAYAN GOVERNMENT (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Dec. 19, 11.55 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 18 The Buenos Aires correspondent of the American Press says the Admiral Graf Spee’s crew arrived aboard two tugboats and one barge. Captain Langsdorff was amongst the. arrivals. The maritime police quickly surrounded the vessels and isolated the members of the crew. A member of the German Legation said there were 1000 arrivals, including the Tacoma’s group. A high Argentine official said the crew of the Admiral Graf Spee will be interned. BERLIN, Dec. 18 The German High Command confirms that Hitler ordered the scuttling of the Admiral Graf Spee. It says that the Uruguayan Government did not allow sufficient time to make the vessel seaworthy, and the supreme commander of the armed forces therefore ordered the captain to blow up and destroy the battleship outside territorial waters. A Berlin radio message announces that the Government has handed a sharp protest to Uruguay against the flagrant breach of international law in failing to allov*the Admiral Graf Spee adequate time for repairs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20991, 19 December 1939, Page 7
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189SCUTTLING OF GERMAN BATTLESHIP Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20991, 19 December 1939, Page 7
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