The Hamburg-Amerika steamship company sent a letter to President Laredo Bru today, declining all responsibility for what may happen on the St. Louis it all the refugees definitely forbidden to land here. y's letter stated.
e navigation firm demanded that joes be allowed to disembark that they promised they leave again if the immigration oped did not reverse their pre-'The St. Louis was already booked "for the return voyage to Europe, the added. It emphasized that every refugee was willing to pay a landing bail" of $500, which would give. the Government a total of over $450,000.
"It also. recalled that the Commissioner. "of ition, Colonel Manuel Benitez had given the Hamburg-Amerika company the authorization to sell tickets to the refugees. The letter was dated May 9.
"We do not venture to believe that he' took this step without your consent," the letter added.
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