Montevideo, Mar. 3.
Reports of a naval battle off the coast of South America persist despite repeated official denials.
The newspaper "Tribuna Popular," in a dispatch from Rio Grande yesterday, said it had been "reported without confirmati ion that a naval battle involving three British cruisers and six large German submarines was developing 200 miles from Cape Olonia."
The "Tribuna" is regarded as a sensational newspaper here and the report was received scoptically in most circles. Meanwhile, a report irom Rio de Janeiro said a naval cattle was in progress off the south coast of Brazil.—United Press.
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