Oslo, Nov. 4.
HE Norwegian Admiralty released the American merchantship City of Flint to her American crew last night and interned the German prize crew who have held the ship for two weeks. The ship was released at Haugesund last night and sailed with its American crew carly this morning for Bergen, where it arrived this afternoon. It was believed the vessel would sail from Bergen to some port in the United Kingdom, where it was headed when it was captured by the German pocket battleship Deutschland.
The Norwegian Admiralty announced that the prize crew was interned for insisting upon stopping at Haugesund last night without the permission of the Admiralty.
The Admiralty said the prize crew had no valid excuse for halting at Haugesund. Two Norwegian warships escorted the City of Flint along the Norwegian coast line, and the destroyers reported that the vessel was not in distress and was in no danger of attack.
The Admiralty said the prize crew of the City of Flint had twice violated Norway's neutrality by stopping in Norwegian territorial waters—at Tromsoe last week and at Haugesund yesterday —without Norwegian permission. Earlier in the day, the German crewman aboard the City of Flint at Karmsund answered the hail of United Press correspondents in a launch alongside the vessel that "everything is in good order" aboard the Flint. sian Navy until it left port.
City of Flint arrived at Haugesund fa small port north of Stavadger) on the afternoon of November 3. with two Norwegian warships and ans view of the Admiralty's communique, chored without permission. As no iL-was announced that the "ship is sot free." the military super sion was understood to be standing; guard until this morning. id reason existed for the vessel call ata Norwegian port, the Nor-1 wegian authorities decided that she should be released and the German was understood that Captai in crew interned."—Reuter, Gainard. took his ship from. Nor= wegian waters after deciding German Minister Protests course the vessel was to take iit conference with Norwegian authorities, Reports from Hauigesut this morning said the vessel was a fin the slats and stripes. It was believed the American freighter would fea for Manchester, England, or some other United Kingdom port, where was headed when the Deutschland seized the ship—Reuter.
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