Yesterday afternoon the vessel had dodged into the narrow channel be tween Karmoe Island and the mat land apparently in an effort to escape observation by a British cruis ser which was reported to be trailing the ship.
The vessel contacted the German steamer Schwaben at dusk last night outside Karmsund, after which the Schwaben departed southward and ihe City of Flint remained outside ihe harbour, according to reports from Haugesund last night.
In London last night, reports from there said, it was announced that the City of Flint had been sighted off Norway by British observers. The statement was interpreted as meaning that a British warship was trailing the American vessel in the hope of capturing it if it left (Norwegian territorial waters.
American Embassy officials here reported last night that they had been informed from Tromsoe, where the City of Flint put in earlier this week, that a Norwegian doctor had been taken aboard the City of Flint to great a member of the American crew. Embassy officials were attempt ing to verify the report.
Meanwhile, the Department of State at Washington, revealed that Germany had instructed her Navy to exercise care for the safety of Ame! icans aboard the City of Flint, reports from there said—United Press.
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