LETTER IN A LOAF.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR REUTER. LONDON, Dec. 4. j It is noteworthy that while coranumica- j lions for the Germans at Scapa sent to London, and wore examined by tlie censor. Admiral von Trotsa’s letter evaded j the censor. . , . It is behoved that it was hidden in a loaf of bread brought among the provisions by the transports which arrived at Scapa Flow on the same day as Admiral yon Reuter issued instructions for the sinking of the interned vessels, The letter referred to was a document t r'utod May 9. and marked “Most secret.” | It. was in a safe salved from the i lagship Emden. and was .written by Admi■al von Trotsa, Chief of the Gorman Ad- , nirally, to Admiral von Renter. It dis- j mssed the Allies’ probable intentions with ( j •egard to the fate of the interned fleet. j j
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1704, 18 December 1919, Page 6
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