Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
.0N[Y THIRTEEN Ships.
OF NEuTRhLs IN COURT
OF This Number, Five Are Ameri.
can, Including Cotton.Laden
Dacia.
EsUME OF sEA-RA1D1NG
ALLIES Have Detained SOL Vessels,
Removing Parts Of Their Cargoes.
They Have Taken 543 Ships Be-
longing to Enemy Countries.

E{Corrcspondcnce the Associated Press.)
1 LONDON. April 15.-Only thirteen
neutral ships actually have been thrown
nto prize courts by Great Britain and
france. according to the best obtain
pie figures.
Five were American--the Dacia. Ma
cas-. Lorenzo. HanametaI and Rio
sig. The IIanametal. without cargo,
rs taken into Hongkong and re-
sed by the court. The Lorenzo with
cargo, was condemned at st. Lucia.
Rio Pasig is at Hongkong, the
acas at Hull. and the Dacia at
re. awaiting court action.
We hundred and ifty-one steamers
~ all have been detained by the allies.
and parts OF their cargoeB removed.
British steamers figure prominently In
the list, making up probably half Of
the total.
The wilhelmina, whose foodstuns
cargo consigned to Germany. was
bought by the British government: the
Navajo, the Joseph w. Fordncy. the
Platuris. the Kroonland and Cacique.
the Antilla and the George Hawley are
American ships. whose cargoes were
detained either partly or entirely.
Swedish. Danish. Norwegian and
Dutch ships figure largely in the list
or vessels relieved OF part of their car
goes.
Because Of tho limited number Of
American bottoms In the European
trade most of the. American goods
seized was taken from. foreign not
Since organization of the Neither
lands Overseas Trust. American goods
have moved into Holland With some
freedom. No such organizations exist
as yet In Denmark. Norway and Swc-
den, however. and shipments of food
I-,It cd IN
signees in those countries arc subject
to long delays at best.
At present. American packing houses
have important shipments of food
products on eleven Danish. Swedish and
Norwegian ships In English ports.
In defense of the slowness with
\ which cases are handled. prize court
Rcficials point to the immense amount
business thrust upon them. AT the
ening Of the war there were seventy
German steamers and schooners In
OF the United Kingdom alone.
eight more were detained In
oversee ports. Since the be-
OF war tventy-s!S German
been seized, chiefly in South
Australia. Eighteen more
led in Egyptian ports. Nine
han ships were taken by the
h German colonial ports. and
Iwo others seized In various
the world b. the British navy.
4kes a grand total Of e5i Ger
ships taken by the British. In
Ion several German ships have
n sunk
rance detained ninety-three Ger
ships at the outbreak OF the war.
Belgium detained cighty-nne.
r German ships have been sunk by
rs other than England. and nine
h captured. That makes the total
ierman ships the allies claim TO have
lined. captured or sunk, ass. Sixty
Austrian ships and thirteen Turk
ships also have heen detained or
blurred Great Britain and her
es. NAL ne a grand total OF 543.
aokSt this score, Germany and her
H. 10 credited with disposing of
OF England. France. BelgiuR,
At the OPEN g OF the war
lish ships were detained In
rts. Fifty British vessels
unk by German ships other
krincs. and up till Marc. %
Bubma rires had sunk twenty
ish --essels.