Port of Spain, May 30.
When. only one day from the French West Indian Island of Marti-unique, the French 8,000-ton steamer Winnipeg was stopped by a British warship.
Immediately, say neutral passengers, scores of Germans who claimed to be refugees rushed to the port-toles and threw out documents.
Throughout the following dee. on 1 the way to Trinidad, where the ship was brought for examination, there was left behind a trail of letters and papers on the ocean surface.
So far 210 German, 76 Austrian and 71 stateless passengers, of a total of 750 aboard the vessel, have been detained here pending investigation, Passengers stated that the ship left Marseilles on May 3. The passeng-erg celebrated with champagne on Monday evening the impending arrival at Martinique, where they were due the following day, but during that night a warning gun-shot from a British warship stopped the vessel. Among the passengers was the Mexican Military Attache at Vichy Reuter.
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