Port de France, May 28.
'The French freighter Winnipeg was seized by a foreign warship near Martinique on Monday, an oficial an-houncement here said' yesterday, The Winnipeg was "captured last night (Monday) by a foreign warship off the south coast. of Martinique, within the neutrality zone, and was presumed to have been conducted 10 a belligerent port in the West Indies for search," said the announcement. "French auithorilies have token slops for release of the vessel."—United Press, London, May 28, Since the beginning of the war up to the middle of May, S61 German and Mahan ships of a' total tonnage 2.873.000 tons had been sunk, eaptured or scuttled, it was learned in official circles in London today. German ships number 346 totalling: 1,773,000 tons—Reuter.
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