SERIOUS CONCERN
EXPRESSED BY UNITER STATES OVER BRITISH TREATMENT OF SHIPPING. REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY STATE DEPARTMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. NEW YORK, January 23, The United States lias expressed serious concern over treatment the British are according American shipping in the Mediterranean, particularly al Gibraltar. The Slate Department, on Saturday published an aide memoire and handed it to the British Ambassador in Washington, Lord Lothian, protesting against Americans having been detained at Gibraltar three limes as long as Italians.
The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times” comments that the publication of the aide memoire with the action later of summoning Lord Lothian implies that while the United States will continue to protest against infringements of rights, appeals will also be made to Britain to adhere to a reasonable programme lest public opinion in the United States, for Jong favourable to Britain, suffers a revulsion having far-reaching consequences. The correspondent observes that Lord Lothian did not carry a reply to the aide memoire.
Affairs are threatening to reach the 1914-1916 status in the relations between Britain and the United States over neutral rights. What further the United States will do is not indicated, but the aide memoire in its demand for corrections is more than a protest. ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION. The aide memoire listed nine Americans who were detained at Gibraltar between November 15 and December 15 for an average of 12.4 days, whereas Italians were detained for an average of four days. The United States demanded assurances that the examination of ships will be speeded up and declared that at present discrimination was being shown against Americans. Mr Arthur Krock, of the “New York Times,” states that practical sympathisers with Britain hold that, as previously in Anglo-American relations, it i<? not so much what the British have done as the manner in which they have done it.
Regarding the dispute over the censorship of mails, if London, having discovered that American mails were full of contraband, had appealed to Washington to do something about it and Washington, reversing its 1915 policy, had insisted on the inviolability of the mails, Britain in searching them would have been a good case, but the British acted without a previous parley and so far no listed contraband has been discovered. The American Ambassador in London. Mr J. P. Kennedy, may return to Britain in time to ameliorate the situation. Meanwhile, the British might profit by proving if they can that the game is worth the candle.
While the above message states that so far no listed contraband has been discovered, a Washington cablegram yesterday stated that: “The Australian Associated Press learns authoritatively that the British search of United States mails to Germany yielded a large quantity of diamonds, which are regarded as unquestionably contraband and a valuable means of foreign exchange with South and Eastern Europe.” TOBACCO EXPORTS CONSERVATION OF DOLLAR. EXCHANGE. In Washington, the British Ambassador to the United States, Lord Lothian, had a conference with Mr Cordell Hull, United States Secretary for State, a radio message reports. The discussions were stated to be particularly concerned with the suspension of tobacco imports to Britain. The United States Secretary of Agriculture and others are urging the State Department to protest against the British policy of not authorising the allotment of exchange for the purchase of tobacco. The British decision not to do so is stated to be in order to conserve the dollar exchange.
FOOD BY MAIL AMERICAN BUSINESS MAN'S ADMISSION. THIRTY THOUSAND PACKAGES FOR GERMANY. NEW YORK. January 23. Mr T. E. Kessemeier, the president of the Fortra Corporation, frankly admits sending foodstuffs to Germany at the rate of 1,000,000 dollars worth a year, but since the British have been searching United States mails the money is wirelessed to Bremen, whereupon agents in Holland and other adjoining neutral countries purchase the food and forward it to Germany, where packages for which sympathisers in the United States have paid 670 to 859 cents are distributed through the German mails. The Fortra Corporation has officers in 16 United States cities and is staffed by officials of the Lloyd Hapaz Steamship Line. So far 30,000 packages have been sent lo Germany. ON SHAKY GROUND PROTEST ON TRADE QUESTION. AMERICAN PAPER'S ADMISSION. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 23. The “New York Times,” in an editorial, says: “The United States is discovering that neutrality and
isolation do not protect its economy from the inevitable dislocation of war. We cannot expect Britain to make immense war purchases from the United States and simultaneously demand that she keep her peace time imports unimpaired. Britain is waging war under pressure of military and diplomatic necessity and adopting trade practices at variance with her peace time conceptions of free trade. In these circumstances, the United States protest on the trade question will stand on shaky ground.”
ACTION BY PRESIDENT
APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE. SAFEGUARDING NATIONAL NEEDS. (Received This Day. 11.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON. .January 23. President Roosevelt has appointed a special committee. headed by MiHenry Morgenthau (Secretary to the Treasury) to prevent foreign purchases of war supplies conflicting with United States needs.
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