The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-24
Crack German Cruiser Seizes American Ship
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(Continued still had some of its British cargo aboard.
 In Olden Days
 The Emden of the last war, after escaping from Tsingtao, China, then a German base, appeared in the h. dian ocean and sank the Russian cruriser Zhenchug and the French destroyer Mousquet before the Aus tralian cruiser Sydney ended its career in November, 1914.
 A United Press Moscow dispatch said that the American embassy there had no information regarding it's arrival in Kola Bay only from the City of Flint, and learned of this mornings newspapers.
 American officials expressed con- fidence that as Russia is neutral, to the United States maritime com the City of Flint would be returned missiccl-which had chartered it to the United States lines-as soon as was practicable.
 Early report of the City of Flint's capture indicated that the incident might prove t have repercussions all the way from the Arctic to the equator.
 Developments Included 1-The Russian official Tass news agency announced receipt of a "re- port" that the City of Flint had ar- rived at Kola bay near Murmansk in charge of a German Cruiser" prize crew of 18 men and that the ship had been retained and its prize crew interned.
 2-The United States Maritime commission at Washington aI1- nounced receipt of report that the City of Flint, on its way from New York to British and Irish ports, had been seized by German naval ves- sel and taken to Tromsoe, Norway, Saturday, by a prize crew. The City of Flint left Tromsoe at once for an unknown destination, this report said.
 3. Tromsoe harbor authorities ad- vised the United Press by telephone that the City of Flint, during a halt there Saturday, disembarked 37 men, comprising the crew of an url- identified British freighter, and then, flying the German swastika flag, was escorted to the three mile limit of Norwegian territorial waters by a Norwegian warship.
 Lay Outside For Hours
 The officials said that the City of Flint lay outside the roads at From soc for between four and six hours. The Britons rowed ashore in boats of the City of Flint, they said, and nothing was seen, of the freighter's American crew.
 Under international law, the off, cials said, 1t was permissible fol prize ships to lie outside neutral harbor for "A hours.
 Members of the British crew were quoted at Tromsoe as saying that their ship had been sunk about two weeks ago near the Bermuda islands.
 Transferred To Flint
 Tromsoe quoted the British sailors as saying that they had been aboard a German cruiser" for about five days before the City of Flint was sighted and they were transferred to it.
 Thus the possible area of opera tions of German raiders on the high seas were extended from the Arctic to the sub-tropical Atlantic. However, the reference to Der. muda brought recollection of tho sinking of the British freightel Clement October 2 of the Brazilian coast by a ship described variously as being a submarine, an armed merchantmen and a cruiser ol pocket battleship.
 At midnight last night, at Moscow the Tass agency distributed the fol. lowing communique which gave tht first word of the new adventure oi the 4,963 ton City of Flint, one oi the ships which rescued survivors from the torpedoed liner Athenia 1T the opening days of the war. Int Tass cornmunique said: No Russian Pilot
 According to a report from Mur. mansk, on the evening of October 8 a. freighter under the German flag arrived at Kola bay, north ol Murmansk, without Russian pilot
 Inspection revealed 1t to be thu American steamer "City of Flint, displacement 5000 tons, sailing iron New York to Manchester, and de. tained by the crew of a German cruiser numbering 18 men wht brought the steamer to Kola bay.
 '"The German crew regards thu cargo as contraband (tractors, grain fruit, leather, wax, etc), altogether S,700 tons.
 "Murmarsk port authorities fol the time being detained the shir and interned the German crew."
 Joins With Bremen
 Thus the City of Flint joined th' Giant German Liner Bremen, whicl ran the British blockade from Nev York to Murmansk.
 ! Maritime commission officials a