London, Sept. 19.
Political circles here are inclined to consider the attack on the British destroyer, H.M.S. Fearless, which, as already reported, was bombed by a Republican aeroplane off Gijon, as attributable to a mistake since one or two Nationalist warships were also near the Spanish coast at that time, It is not believed that the attack on the British ship was deliberate, and it is pointed out that the destroyer did not open fire on the America's "Devil Dogs"
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