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Show Bremen Runs Blockade to Reach Port in Germany LUXURY LINER ESCAPES 1 ENGLISH SUB WHILE ON DRAMATIC TRIP HOME Britain Says 'Rules of Sea War Barred Attack; Nazis Claim i Craft Routed by Plane ! ' - ' -N By PIERRE J. HUSS BERLIN, Dec. 12 (INS) The 31,371-ton, $20,000,000 German Ger-man luxury liner Bremen slipped into her roadstead oft Bremer-haven Bremer-haven late this afternoon, safe home again after her dramatic flight from New York harbor just after the outbreak of war and . victor over Great Britain's tight blockade of the North sea. As regards an announcement from London that the Bremen, en route home to Bremerhaven from Murmansk in Arctic Rus-) Rus-) sia, had crossed the path of a British submarine which refrained , irom uring torpedoes ratiielf limn Vlulnle luteumliunal law, Hie 2 official German news agency DNB said: 4 "While 'the Bremen was en route to Germany from Mur- mansK a uruisn submarine tnea to come to the surface of the North sea and torpedo the Bremen. Fighting Plane Appears "But soon a German fighting airplane appeared, and the British submarine dived to avoid attack." i i (Editor's note: The announcement by the British admiralty I i In London stated that the Bremen had come within range of the I J British submarine's torpedoes, but indicated that no attack had I been made because of rigorous observance of international law I J on the high seas. It was stated that warning had to be given before a torpedo was fired, and the assumption was that the Bremen's superior speed would have permitted an easy getaway after any such warning before the torpedo might have found its mark.) The German admiralty let it be known. through DNB that the Bremen had safely reached home waters after her odyssey through the Atlantic ocean, Arctic and North teas. Have Reached Home Water Her return to safe haven, it was stated, virtually completes i the list of major passenger liners, except cruise ships, which I have reached home waters since the outbreak of war. I One big cruise ship, the Columbus, lies at the deserted port ot Anton Lizardo, near Vera Cruz, Mexico. None of the main ' ships of the German merchant marine, it was said, has fallen V into British hands. iln connection with the Bremen's return, it was stated that if any attempt be made by the British liner Queen Mary to .' leave New York in a race for home, German U-boats will hunt the vessel down in sia attempt to destroy her. "Camouflage will not help," DNB said. "We would recognize recog-nize the Queen Mary anywhere. Nor will a convoy or armaments arma-ments on her own decks help her.'' . Bremen Not Armed DNB repeated Germany's previous assertions that the Bremen Bre-men was not armed. The Bremen sailed from New York shortly before outbreak of war in September, and reached Murmansk, northern Russia, after dodging British and French warships. News reports reaching Berlin today from London via New York and continental points said that the British submarine, although within torpedoing distance of the Bremen, failed to fire because such an attack without warning was precluded by I the rules of sea warfare. ,', "The English alibis are too thin to make them sound credible," credi-ble," it was stated in nazi circles. "Whether or not a warning could have been given, the British Brit-ish obviously failed a second time in catching the Bremen. They are beginning to look slightly ridiculous." |