London, Sept. 7
The British Government instructed HM. Ambassador at Hendaye to protest to the Spanish Nationalist Government against the seizure of the British tanker Burlington by a Spanish Nationalist cruiser.
The incident was prominently featured by the evening papers yesterday. It appears that Burlington was registered up: to August 20 as tne Greek ship Nausican but on taking British nationality the tanker's name was changed to Burlington. She carried a cargo of oil from the Soviet Union for the Spanish Republicans—Trans-Ocean Sporting News
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