London, Oct. 19.
"There is reason to believe, according to informed circles here, that the repeated German allegations of successful action against units of the British Navy are designed to mislead neutrals and to hearten their own people by exaggerating the successes of German arms, and also to elicit information of the whereabouts of the vessels "stated to have been attacked.
Curiosity in German naval circles s said to be rife regarding the present disposition of British battleships, battle cruisers and aircraft-carriers.
This serves to explain the attitude of the Admiralty in face of repeated German allegations.
It is pointed out that the Admiralty do not wish to be drawn into more than a bare denial, and it is important that neutral opinion should "recognise these recurrent and baseless claims for what, in fact, they are, namely, a technical game which we refuse to
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