U-BOAT OFFENSIVE
S. American Losses
CHILE AND URUGUAY.
MONTEVIDEO, March 17.
The 5,800-tons Uruguayan merchantman, Montevideo, was torpedoed and sunk off Haiti. Eighteen are missing, but 32 were saved. SANTIAGO, March 17.
The Chilean Cabinet has ordered an immediate investigation into the torpedoing of the Tolten, which was the first Chilean ship sunn by Axis U-boats
The Tolten was torpedoed and sunk 37 miles from New York. It is believed that 27 of the crew lost their .lives. The Government ot Chile has announced that an official inquiry into the sinking of the ship will be held before any measures are decided on. ' - ,.. »■ ' J"
The Foreign Minister' (Senor Rossetti) to-night summoned the German, Japanese, and Italian Envoys to his office.
- Deputy Bernardo Ibanez, President of the Chilean Workers’ Association, announced that he has requested the Government immediately to sever relations with the Axis, following the sinking of the Tolten.
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Grey River Argus, 19 March 1942, Page 8
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