COTTON CARGOES FOR NEUTRALS
CAMPAIGN FOR A STRICT BLOCKADE. .. ..Lontfon, J.uii 6 16. Iho Dail v Man" renews its campaign against cotton cargoes, and demands that neutrals should prove that cargo is not intended to react the enemy. Thero are now," savs pie paper, "moro cotton ships at 'Gothenburg than beforo the war. Other neutral ports in Holland, Denmark, and are playing a similar part. The fear of offending America is the cause of the Government's hesitation, but Manchester lias offered to negotiate for the purchase of the whole ' American crop at an excellent price. STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. . (Rcc. June 18, 0.55 a.m.) London, June 17. Lord Robert Cecil (Under-Secretary to the Foreign Office), in a statement in the House of Commons, stated that the Government had taken steps to prevent cotton entering Germany. All cotton from overseas, suspected of going to an enemy destination, will he brought to port and restored to the owners under Prize Court terms. Sir. Montagu (Secretary'to the Treasury) said that the Government was devising means to tax war profits.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2491, 18 June 1915, Page 5
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176COTTON CARGOES FOR NEUTRALS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2491, 18 June 1915, Page 5
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