The American cruiser " Tuscaloosa arrived here yesterday carrying the survivors of the German liner Colum us, which was scuttled by her crew Tuesday rather than allow it to fall into the hands of a British destroyer, Orion, Port oMicials indicated that the stirvivors of the vessel would be treated as marooned sailors and per mitted to remain 60 days.
The Captain of the German vessel, reading from notes, described the voyage of the Columbus from Vera Cruz "We were escorted by an American destroyer from Vera Cruz." he said, "There were always one or two crulsers with us in the beginning, They Were friendly, and "signalled God speed, safe retin, and Merry Christmas, as they left us. The day before the scuttling, the Tuscaloosa took up escort.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.