Washington, Dee. 20.
News of the suicide in Buenos Aires of Capiain Langsdort, Commander of the Admiral Graf Spee, was received with deep emotion here.
Observers point out that the Captain recovered his personal honour after having scrupulously obeyed orders from Berlin to destroy his ship with= Out putting up a fight contrary to the tradition of "honour in all. navies: throughout the world.
The tragic epilogue to the Gr Spee episode. it Ix stated here stresses once again the gulf between the old and new Germany, the former represented by brave officers and men and the latter by the Kazi clique, The Nazlv refuse to acknowledge a defeat, even if suffered honourably. They attempt first to turn it into vielory, as in the case of the Graf Spee, the blame for the destruction of which was placed upon Uruguay. They refuse to recognize that the vessel was compelled to flee in the first case.
The scuttling of the Graf Spee and the suicide of her Captain has done harm to German prestige than any.
her event since the begin of the war-—Havas, Germany {0 Protest Internment Berlin, Dee. 21.
The German Government will protest to Argentina against the intern ment of the crew. of the pocket Daltleship Admiral Graf Spee, whose commander, Captain Hans Langsdort, committed." suicide yesterday. the oficial D.N.B. News Agency revealed today.
'The protest will probably be against alleged plans to' interna the Graf Spee's crew in a central Argentine provinces, it was learned—United Press.
Landed in New York, Dec. 21.
The crew, 387, of the scuttled liner Columbus were Ianded in New York yesterday afternoon at 430 pin, by the American cruiser Tuscaloosa They were immediately transported to Ellis Island, where they. will be treated as survivors of a. maritime disaster, and as such will be entitled fo remain in America for sixty days.
The Columbus was carrying $90 men and one woman when she left Vera Cruz, One man and the woman were hurt during the scuttling of the Vessel, and have been taken aboard the British destroyer Hyperion, which met the Columbus.
One oticer of the German ship declared that when they left Vera Cruz no-one but the captain. knew their exact destination. All aboard, however, thought that they were G0 Ing to try 0 run the Allied blockade had the Bremen. They intended to take advantage of the fact that a rear many units of the British navy Were "concentrated at Montevideo where the Admiral Grat Spee was taking refuge—Havas,
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