New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-02
Serious Trouble There
fore Not Expected Out
of Situation.
STOP COPPER FROM
REACHING KRUPPS
Protest of United States Still
Subject of Conferences with
Page in London.

presented by shipments Of American
copper TO Amsterdam, several consign-
mcuts of which have been seized hy
Great Britain, ia being discussed IA
London by Sir Edward Grey and the
American Ambassador, Walter H.
Page Great Britain has at no time
sought 90 mtprter, with the shipment
of foodstufs 10 Holland, according TO
am official announcement of the be-
par'mcut of state.
The NCthcrI .nds Ambassador 20 Lon
don will also be "a party 20 The confer
puccs there, end there rs reason 10
believe that satisfactory solution OF
The problem VII Doe reached. In the
meantime, however, Great Britain VIII
compensate American shippers TOT any
copper OF other conditional contraoahd
which may D.. cuursCatCd, so II Is not
believed that any serious trouble can
grow out of tho situation.
Copper, ,tad, iron ore, rubber
ETC., consigned 10 Amsterdam are, &C
cordirc 20 the British Foreign Once,
designed for the use Of The hrupps'
who for q long time have made their
importations through Amsterdam,
where such shipments are transferred
from the liners 10 barges snd by them
foated up the canal to Essen, the home
OF the Krupp factories. II Is, there.
fore, regarded as purely a matter OF
self-proteCtloT on the part Of Great
Britain 20 prevent such shipments
from reaching Holland.
The department made public q cable
message from Ambassador Page To-
day containing list Of articles when
the British government had Just m
formed him had been added to me
conditional contraband" schedule.
This inc Ides copper which might be
used for military purposes. J ne !la.
was proclaimed September u, oI
there is a question whether II was ell
feciivc against American products pc
fore Ambassador Page was notlhea'
The following is the list when Am
hassadOr Page caDled to-day: Copper
unwrOught; lead, pig sheet or Pipe'
glvcerinc, fcrroChrOme, hcmaute ron
ore and magnetic iron ore, rubber,
hides and skins raw or rough Iahheo
met drossedJ leather.
In the case Of fOOdstuffs, etc, Hol-
land has imposed an embargo on thcIr
expectation, - that they cannot, WIN
out violation Of the laws OF Holland
be used to supply the German army
especially those corps which arc no"
attacking Antwerp.
The absence Of the Netherlands Mn
lister from W, shington is the occasion
of some embarrassment T. the Depart
ment Of State. ChevGler Won RappaTd,
the Netherlands Plenipotenuary, IN
stead of returning TO Washington tol-
lowing his summer vacation, has es-
tablished hims elf al the RITZ, IN New
York, where are located the German
Ambassador. Count Won Bernstort, and
the Austria-Hungarian Ambassador
DR. Dumba.
There arc numerous precedcnts to
guide the Department Of state IN us
handling Of the question OF conditional
contraband Consigned TO Holland. A
similar uuest'or was raised during the
Civil War, when English shippers
sought TO eyAde he blockade OF the
Confederate States by shipping such
contraband - Nassau and there re-
shipping it to the blOckaded ports, and
also TO get gheir products into the
Southern States through Mexico.
The Supreme Court held then that II
was the ultimate destination OF such
conditional contraband which governed
its treatment and that even when con-
signed TO Nassau, or TO Mexico, II was
subject 10 seizure as soon as IT let IT'S
home port if there was reason TO pc
lieve that its ultimate destination was
one or other Of the Confederate ports.
The position of the United states u
tia time, which was upheld by the Sl'
preme Court, is extensively reviewed IN
Wolsey on Internationa. Law, under
the head of Continuous Passage.
There is a suspicion IN. some quarters
that the reports that Great Britain was
seeking to interfere with the shipment
of food products from the CnlIed
States to Holland found its inspiration
IN certain German quarters IN Ne"
York, although purporting to come
from Washington. This Is, however
merely suspicion.
Secretary Bryan, while declining L
4 scuss this question this evening, gave
out the following almost cryptic state
/ me. on the subject: ....,
at is understood that the British
Government intends TO revise IT'S procia
nation with REGARD 70 contraband, anc
/ meanwhile goods, such as toodstuii
| consigned in neutral ships TO Holland
/ i'm respect of which the Netherland
government has placed an embargo OF
! expectation, will not be treated as con
/ traband."
At the Offices Of the American Smeit
! ING and Refining Company yesterday d
was stated that this corporation had
cargo of 500 tons Of copper on boart
! the steamship Rotterdam, reported -
have been held at Plymouth by Grea
. Rritain while she was relieved Of u,
conner in her hold. An Official Of tho
,ompany said that the metal had bee.
CONSIGNED to one Of the company
selling agencies in Holland, bu' so IA
"a It's destination from that point wa.
concerned, he added, he was ignorant.
Officials of the big smelling cor
porations in this city said that th'
Western mine owners we're great!
aroused over the stand taken by Grea
Britain that copper might be consld
cred conditional CoutraDand. with th'
export business already IN demOra!
led state because OF the European
war. they argue that it will cease en-
tirclv should ETgl-ad be permitted 4
cgrry on a policy Of holding up car
goes destined for neutral ports. II %
Understood that the American Smell.
inc and Refining Company has reg
stored a strong protest with the Stat.
. Department that il should intervene II
behalf of the American mine cwner'
and refners.
II was stated in copper circles tha'
nm TO the time Of the outbreak Of hos
tiIities in Europe Germany had &C
0uircd enough copper to meet her mil
itarv requirements for about year
several of the large companies here
bsye orders on their books fol Ger
many, but it is next TO impossible tC