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Show BOLIVIA ORDERS I GERMANS TO GO I Break in Relations Due to the H Work of the Ruthless Submarines. JH LA PATX, Bolivia, April 13. The H German minister and his staff hae H been handed their passports by tho H Bolivian government with a note de- daring that diplomatic relations be- tween Bolivia and Germany have been M severed. H BUENOS AIRES, April 13. The H Argentine sailing ship Monte Protegl- iH do has been sunk off tho European I M coast, according to an official an- M nouncement made here today. H The announcement was made by the ''1 minister of foreign affairs, who said J ho had received official information ! H to this effecL Tho government has iH ordered a complete inquiry into the ll sinking of the ship. I The news created a great sensation ' M In Buenos Aires. According to news- H papers, the ship was sunk by a Ger- 'H man submarine. It is announced that the ship was 'H fired on twice by the guns of the sub- ' marine and that one member of the IH crew was wounded. After the news became known an ' excited crowd marched through tho (l streets shouong? "Down with the H German assassins!" Groups of stu- l dents paraded the streets singing pa- H triotic songs. M Two German newspapers published IH In Buenos Aires, in view of threats by IH the crowd, closed their offices. H RIO JANEIRO. April 13. It is offi- M cially announced that the government B has decided to arm Brazilian mer H chantmen which purpose to make voy- H ages into the German submarine zone. M Tho ships, however, will be provided H with Instructions of a purely defen- IH sive character. IH It has been decided to seize for H their own protection from damage H German ships interned in Brazilian H ports. IH SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 13. The ' H offices of the Diario Alemano, a pro- I H German organ, were wrecked last H night by a mob of pro-ally sympathiz- j H ers. The presses were destroyed. H oo , H |