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Show British, German Rivals in Sea Battle Chum, Toast Each Other in Montevideo on. th erstwhile combatants raised their glasses in friendship. It waa a strange spectacle the mixed groups of men who headbands bore th words, "Pan-zerschiff "Pan-zerschiff Admiral Graf Spec," and "H. M. S. Achilles." The arrival of the Achilles yesterday at Buenos Aires followed fol-lowed that of the cruiser AJax, flagship of the British South Atlantic At-lantic squadron, at Montevideo. "I'd gladly drink with them anytime," commented on young Briton, referring to th Graf Spe crewmen, who have been interned her for th duration of th war. They are to be trans- BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 4 im With glasses of beer. German and British seamen who engaged In the running naval battl off Montevideo December 13 washed away their ill feelings last night. In bare and dubs, the one-tun rivals in the greatest sea fight In th present war drank toasts and told each other they harbored, har-bored, no 111 will. The British sailors were off th cruiser Achilles, one of thre British warships which put th German pocket battleship Admiral Ad-miral Graf Spe to flight. Th aftermath of th encounter was scuttling of th battleship after Uruguay ordered It to leav lta Montevideo refuge or b interned. in-terned. A surprised Argentine looked |