New York, Dec. 14.
Newspapers here describe the fight between the German pocket-battleship Graf Spee and British cruisers as the first big naval battle of the war. With streamer headlines they proclaim the engagement a British victory.
It is reported in messages from Montevideo that the captain of the German warship has asked the German Minister in Uruguay to negotiate with the Uruguayan Government for the battleship's immediate internment for the duration of the war.
The request is said to have been made on the grounds that it would be impossible for the vessel to make the necessary repairs within the period she can be allowed to remain in the harbour, and that even if repairs were possible, the vessel could not go to sea again without encountering British warships—Reuter.
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