CONTRABAND COTTON
A GENERAL STATEMENT London, June 21. The Government has communicated a, memorandum to Mr. V. H. Page, American Ambassador to Great Britain,' which is not a reply'So " the American Note respecting contraband; but a. general statement showing the Government's efforts to minimise inconvenionce to neutrals' commerce: The memorandum shows that considerable shipments of cotton have been dealt with, and that the Board _ of Trade has paid over. £450,000 to various American claimants; The claims paid considerably exceed the amounts realised by the sale of the goods. The Government is convinced that an impartial review of the facts will show that there has been no arbitrary interference with American interests. SILK, COTTON, AND HEMP. SEIZED AT MARSEILLES. Paris, June 24. The authorities at Marseilles seized 3844 newly-landed bales of silk, cotton, and hemp belonging to a German firm at Zurich.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2498, 26 June 1915, Page 5
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141CONTRABAND COTTON Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2498, 26 June 1915, Page 5
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