CONTRABAND CARGO TROUBLE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2352, 7 January 1915, Page 5

CONTRABAND CARGO TROUBLE

SIMPLIFYING THE NAVY'S TASK - ' AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WILL CERTIFY CARGO Washington, January 5. The Government has decided to certify the exact contents of American cargoes before leaving port., This is expected to simplify the British Navy's . _ New York, January 5. The British Consul-General has organised a corps of inspectors to cope with the large demand for inspection of cargoes prior to sailing. lie X-rays are being largely used to prevent the inclusion of copper and other metals in cotton bales. '& SIMPLE WAY 'OUT OF THE DIFFICULTY. London, January 5. In a letter to the "Morning Post," Mr. Arthur Kitson, managing director of the Kitson Empire Lighting Company, suggests that the simplest way out of the contraband difficulty between Britain and the United States is for Britain to take the entire cotton and copper supplies of the United States for a year or two. This would shorten the war, by depriving Germany of these commodities. ' ' / FAILURE. OF A LARGE AMERICAN COTTON COMPANY. (Reo. January 6, 7.35 p.m.) i .. New York, January 6. .The 'American Round Bale Press Company, a large cotton concern, has failed, owing to the paralysis of the cotton trade. The liabilities are 934,000 ■ dollars (£188,000).