Berlin, Oct. 27.
Germany intends to institute prize court proceedings against the City of Flint, it is indicated in on official statement, which claims that the vessel "is rightly and legally de-
Herr Ernst von Welzsaecker, Ger man Foreign Under-Secretary, stated to have informed the Amer-tean Ambassador in Berlin that the City of Plint was seized because important papers and charts were missing, The German oficial is reported to have said that an expert of the German prize court was going to Mur mansi, where the American ship is fat present detained, and that the German. and Soviet Governments were discussing the case. since neither was sure of the proper procedure. He Is alleged to have added that the City of Flint was not interned but only detained in Murmansk—Reuter.
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