San Francisco, Jan. 25.
The seizure of 21 Germans from the Japanese motor.vessel Asama Maru last Sunday caused the German authorities here. yesterday: to halt their plan to repatriate the 512 German members of the crew of the scuttled German steamer Columbus by way of Russia.
The German Consulate here said they..are awaiting orders from the German Embassy at Washington at present.
The crew arrived here from New York recently and were planning to embark for the Orient en route to Germany through Siberia.—United Press
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