The Archive · 1939

German Sailors Buried

Montevideo, Dec, 15.

In the presence of a huge crowd, une remains of the 36 sailors from the Admiral Graf von Spee, who were Med during the battle with British warships on Wednesday, were laid to. est inva cemetery here, Three hundred German sailors from the pocket-battleship fired the lost salute over the coffin of their comrades, while cadets from the Montevideo Naval Academy render red military honours—Havas, Teibute (o Cruisers London, Dec, 15.

Mr. C. R. Attlee, leader of the Opposition, speaking: in. the House of Commons "lost night, Joined in. the tribute paid. to the three Br cruisers which fourht the. German pocket-battleship Admiral Grat Spee. Awe way in which the British ships. dleapite their smaller gunpower bad. tuekledt and stuck fo this very power ful veeset was worthy of the highest Waditions of the British Navy, Mr.

Mr. Attlee. then turned to Soviet aggression against' Finland. The Opposition party, he said, saw nothing whatever that could condone the gross Wack on Finland and hoped that all possible help would be given by other ations to the Finnish people.

Conteastingg the speed with which the Leaiue had worked in the ease of inland and the slowness with which had worked in other eases, Mr. Attlee said If the same activity by the British Government and other:

League states had been displayed. in cases of previous acts of aggression they would not, in his view, be at war today.

Sir Archibald sinclair, leader of the Liberal Opposition, said his party Wholcheartedly assdeiated themselves with the tributes paid to the gallant oMfcers ard men' of the squadron which engaged the Admiral. Graf Spee. He also declared. that the Liberal Opposition forcefully condemned the aggression of which Fine Jond had been a vietim—Reuter.

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