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Show GERMAN SUBMARINE ESCAPES FROM CADIZ i Spanish Government Orders Court-Martial of the Re- j sponsible Officials. ' i ' ! MADRID, Oct. K. A German submarine subma-rine interned at Cadiz has escaped. Several German submarines have sought refuge In Spanish ports during the war and one of them which put in at Cadiz was escorted out of the port later by Spanish torpedo boats. To prevent further incidents of this nature King Alfonso on June 30, last, signed a decree forbidding submarines of belligerent powers to navigate navi-gate Spanish waters or enter Spanish ports. It was declared that all submarines subma-rines which entered the Spanish zone would be Interned. WASHINGTON, Oct. The Spanish government has taken drastic action to discipline the officials responsible for the safe internment of the German submarine which escaped from Cadiz. On the basis of .official dispatches from Madrid, the Spanish ambassador here, Juan liiano, made this announcement: Jn spite of all the precautions taken by the Spanish naval authorities, including in-cluding the removal of pieces which were supposed Indispensable for navigation, navi-gation, the German submarine 110-293, interned at Cadiz, escaped yesterday-afternoon, yesterday-afternoon, leaving Its guns, torpedoes and munitions on land, where they bad been deposited. The Spanish government has opened a court-martial. |