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Ma WEBsrERs SrEKcH at the Baltimore dinner
has been published in pamphlet form from the re-
port Of the New York Herald, revised and corrected
by MIR. Webster himself, and we copy from il the
following statistical information which was not con-
tanned in the report copied into paper Of Monday
last, from the New York Tribune;
On the Goth Of December, 1927, Commercial
Convention was entered INTO between the United
States and the Hanseatic Republics Of Lubee, Bre-
men and Hamburg The hrSt article OF this Con
yention is IN the following terms
Convention Of Friendship, Commerce, and Navga-
ton, between the United States Of America and the
Free Hanseatic Republic Of Lubec, Bremen and
Hamburg, concluded at Washington December ~,
1927
ARTICLE ].
The contracting parties agree, that whatever kind
of produce, manufacture, or merchandise oil any Tor
eign country, can be- from time To time lawfully I'M
ported into the United States in their own vessels,
may be also imported IN vessels of the said Free
Ianseac Repub les Of Lubec, Bremen and Ham
burg, and that no higher other duties upon the
tonnage cargo Of the vessel shall be levied col
ected whether the importation be made in vessels OF
the United States of either Of the said HaDseatic
Republics. And, IN the like manner, that whatever
kind Of produce manufacture, merchandise, of any
foreign country, can be, from time To ume lawfully
in its vessels, may be also imported in vessels OF
the United States and that no higher other duties
upon the tonnage cargo OF the vessel shall be levied
or collected, whether the importation be made in
vessels of the party, Of the other And they
further agree, that whatever may be lawfully export
ed re-expolted, by party in its vessels, TO
any foreign country, may IN like manner be export
ed re.exported in the vessels Of the other party
And the same bountes duties and drawbacks, shall
be allowed and collected whether such expectation
or fx be made vessels of the
or Of the other. Nor shall higher other charges
any kind be imposed in the ports OF the party on
vessels of the other than are shall be, payable in
the same ports by national vessels
The fourth article of the same Convention pro- |
vides that any vessel shall be regarded Hansea- |
tic vessel which is owned by a Hanseatic citizen, |
and of which the master and three-fourths of the |
crew also Hanseatic citizens, subjects of the |
Confederated States of Germany But the vessel
may have been bull any here, without injury to her
national character.
Citizens Of these Republics may buy vessels in
Norway, Sweden or elsewhere wherever they can
buy cheapest, and such vessels become at once Han
seattle vessels under this Convention.
This is matter Of importance to some of these |
ports which not considerable ship building ports.
The merchants Of the place buy their vessels al
ready built. The Government of the United States |
agreed to this stipulation, although the cautious ex-
ample OF England was before it, as by the English
Convention with the same Republic two years be-
FORE it required that vessels should have been
bull in one of the Republics well owned by its
citizens, in order to be regarded Hanseatic yes
sells.
In consequence Of our Convention Of 1927, the
number OF American vessels entering the port Of
Bremen has vastly fallen off and in years has
been as low as twenty five. To show this falling of
Of our tonnage, and The increase Of Bremen tonnage,
1t may be stated that from 1896 TO 1880, fve-sev-
enths Of the arrivals in Bremen from the United
states were American vessels, and woseyenths Bre
men from 1891 to 1886, three-sevenths American,
and four-sevenths Bremen and from 1896 to 1910,
one-hith American, and four-hiths Bremen.
have statement Of the amount of exports from
the United States to the Hanse towns l64l and the
national character of the vessels transporting such
exports and their respective numbers aud tonnage.
Statement showing the amount Of exports from The
United States 10 the Hanse Towns during the year
iSil, distinguishing the amount exported in Anne
rican and Foreign vessels respectively, together
with the number, tonnage and national charac ter
of said foreign vessels.
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