THIRTY DAYS IN FORT
Admiral graf spee may : s . EFFECT REPAIRS ft . (Received December 15, l a.m.) LONDON, December 14. The Montevideo correspondent of the United Press says the President’s . secretary announced that the Ad- ■ miral Graf Spee will be allowed to remain 30 days to effect repairs. _ s The legal position of the Admiral > .Graf Spee is now governed by the Hague Convention of 1907, which i permits damaged belligerent warships to remain in a neutral port for ' more than 24 hours, but only to carry out essential repairs. It does not distinguish between damage by weather ®nd damage in battle.
ATTACK ON GERMAN FLYING-BOATS LONDON, December 14. The Air Ministry announces that two Coastal Command aeroplanes yesterday attacked two Dornier fly-ing-boats over tiie North Sea. The enemy rear-gunners were hit and the Domiers were damaged by machmegun fire before they disappeared m the clouds.
Soviet-ltalian Relations The new Soviet Ambassador to Italy (M. Gorelkin) has left for Moscow. No reason was given. The British United Press reports that the Italian Ambassador to Moscow (Signor Rosso) will shortly return to Rome to receive instructions regarding Italian-Soviet relations.—London, Dec. 13.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22894, 15 December 1939, Page 11
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