London, Dec. 22.
The German policy of scutlling ships is possibly due to the expectation that the Reich's methods may. again bring the neutrals into the war against her, declares a special commentary today.
Uruguay, it says,.mixht justifiably: seize interned German merchant ships to compensate the damage done' to Montevideo by the pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee, which was seutted in the shipping channer leading, the harbour.
The bottom of the sea, therefore, the commentary adds, ix\ the safest place for German merchant vessels. Reuter.
German Embassy Thanks U.S.
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