- Headline
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Refugees Carried Back To Europe After Cuba Objects
- Sub-Headline
- German Vessel Sails For Hamburg With 907 Jews Aboard Her
- Publication Date
- Friday, June 2, 1939
- Historical Event
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Jewish Refugees Desperately Seek Safe Harbor
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- AP
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- HAVANA, June 2 (AP)—The German liner St. Louis saild today for Hamburg carrying 907 German Jewish refugess who were denied permission to land in Cuba despite their urgent pleas in five days of negotiations.
MAY RETURN
Luis Clausing, agent of the Hamburg-Amerika line, said the St. Louis was bound for Hamburg but that there was a possibility she might return to embark her load of refugees if the agreement could be reach with the Cuban government.
Cuban authorities at the same time said they understood that the refugees had been given permission to land in New York, though there was no confirmation of their statement.
Six refugee passengers were permitted to land this morning causing a flurry of excitement among the passengers fearful of returning to the land from which they fled.
Of the 937 refugees who arrived aboard the St. Louis five days ago, twenty-nine were permitted to enter Cuba since they had necessary papers. In addition, Max Loewe, German lawyer who attempted suicide Tuesday, was left behind in a Havana hospital. Officials said he would be sent back on the next German boat.
DEADLINE SET
The St. Louis sailed at 11:30 a. m., only six and a half hours before expiration of a deadline set by President Frederico Lareo Bru with the threat that gunboats would tow the St. Louis outside Cuban territorial waters if she had not departed by then.
(Jewish refugees from Europe have encountered increasing difficulties in attempting to find havens in Latin American nations.
(The Mexican immigration department today said entry permits had been denied 104 refugees who arrived at Vera Cruz after being refused entry to Cuba.
(In Costa Rica the supreme court ruled against twenty Jewish refugees who had been permitted to enter the country temporarily and had appealed against deportation orders.
(Paraguary turned back a group of 500 last January but they were per-
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