"The charges were, however, ro-peated and an attempt was made to give them substance by quoting the opinion of a Germon-Uruguayan doctor, Walter Meerhof, whose Nazi proclivities are well' known in Montevideo and who, by his own confession, based his opinion on the {testimony of photographers.
"A report by the medical commis. sion officially appointed by the Uruguayan National Defence Minister particulars of which reached London Today finally disposes of these baseless charges.
"The medical report bears nine signatures and reads 78 follows:
After a careful examination of all the wounded and sick from the battleship Admiral graf Spee who were treated in the Military Hospital and in the Pasteur Hospital, - the special (technical commission appolnt= fed by the Director-General of the Uruguayan Army Medical Corps declares it has found not the slightest Sign of symptoms which could give rise to the suspicion thet they had been effected by war gases." the Admiralty communique stated in con clusion—Havas.
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