Received Tuesday, 7.40 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 4. Tlie Cunard- White Star Line, followiiig tlie grounding oi' Ihe Queen Mary, e- to urge Ihe British Government to *-( ■ eqilain to the Freneh (tovernmeni n i >out. tlie eondition of Cherbourg Ilar 9our, says the Daily Mail. The eom (•any will press for the remo\ a! oi' 1 ro 1 nets and cables used by ihe Ger ■ ; i m ii Arniy as anti-subinarine traps in ; in* apjiroaches to Cherbourg Harbour. 'ihe Queen "lary grounded after oue oi .'■r auchors fouled ari anli-subniariiu viile. When the liner's anehor was , a i.-i-d, a Jive-inch cable and several tons oi" steel netting were adhering to ; and had to be severed with blow■•au.jis.
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