Sr. Suner's acceptance of the German offer to furnish "relief" for-
Ces was viewed in London as a dangerous precedent. Informed sources believed the Germans were using a humanitarian pretext for driving their first thin military wedge into Spain, Although commentators scoffed at the idea of the Germans' using San-fander as a base for a German route to Gibraltar, they pointed out that Santander had a valuable harbour and was an excellent submarine base, potentially useful in harassing Atlantic communications,—United Press,
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