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Show LEAK IS BEIifr INVESTIGATED Officials Trying to Uncover Means of Premature Notice of Sailing of Destroyers. GERMANS INFORMED Knew of Departure of Americans Ameri-cans and Port of Arrival Four Days Ahead. WASHINGTON, May 26. Official investigation was under way today to uncover whether the leak on the- sailing sail-ing of American destroyers to the war zone was on this side of the Atlantic or whether German spies got it in England Admiral Sims has positively positive-ly reported that the German admiralty admiral-ty know of the departure of the ships and their port of arrival four days ahead of time and had opportunity to mine their path. Some navy officials are inclined to suspect the German spy system in England, despite the statement of Secretary Daniels that the incident emphasized em-phasized the fact that the German spy system still was at work in this country. If the information was sent from the United States it was made doubly difficult because it had to pass the official censorship. It was stated officially today that only a few officers in the office of Admiral Ad-miral Benson, chief of operations, knew ihe destination of the destroyers. destroy-ers. The commanders themselves were ignorant of the port until they opendd sealed orders probably twelvo hours at sea. |