Four Danish merchant vessels were Amsterdam, Sept. 1.
seized yesterday by German warships, the Copenhagen correspondent of the "Telegraaf" reported today.
"Such measures have created consternation in Denmark, particularly since the foodstuffs being trans-Ported by those vessels could not be considered war contraband. The four seized ships are the Rota, Diana, Margarethe, and Leynaez, torpedoed Norwegian freighter Solaas, "The master of the recent;
who arrived with his crew in Denmark in a rescue vessel, said his ship was attacked without warning. Foodstuffs, according to German declarations, can only be considered: contraband when being sent to official authorities in an enemy country, and this was not the case for the four Danish vessels—Havas.
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