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Show v WILL ALLOW THE PHIHZ EITEL TO SLIP OUTTO SEA Washington Officials Decide Time Given the German Raider to Remain Shall Be Kept Secret CAPTAIN INSISTS HE WILL NOT INTERN Unseals His Lips and Tells 9jff of His Experience; Master I of the Frye Goes to National Na-tional Capital WA5imCTOV March 12 Officials of the American government have do cided that the tine fo be allowed the German raider Prinz Eitel Friedneh to repair at Newport News shall rema n an offi lal secret Whether or not the vessel 13 to be interned probably will not be decided until the expirat on of th s tm e 1 mit bel eved to be at least three weeks " "When the German gunboat Geier put into Honolulu British and Japanese cruisers kept up a night and day vigil outside the harbor and Great Bnta n through its embassador here repeatedly asked the Un ted States government how long a time would be given the vessel to make repairs Informat on was refused however on the ground that to reveal it would be to inform the waiting hostile cruisers and depr ve the Ge er of the usual opportunity af forded under the rules of international law for escape from a neutral port If the Eitel decides not to Intern, but to renew her cruise the United states will keep secret not only the time limit for repairs, bat the hour of her departure. The belief prevails in official quarters 'that the vessel even tualls will intern, although the decis on of the commander to have the repairs made has been puzzling The German embassy through its sa val attache Captain BoyEd has made an inve t gation of the circumstances surrounding the s nkinr of the Amen ean Bhip,Frye and as now in communi cation with Berlin: concerning this question as well as a dec sion on the internment of the Prinz E tel. |