The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-08-05
4 NOTES RECEIVED
AT WASHINGTON
Brita;n's Statement Discusses
Prize Court Action.
WORD ON NECHES CASE
German Government Replies on tho
Frye Case-Asks About Better
Display Of Flags on Ameri-
can Vessels.

Washington, Aug. 3.-The state de-
partment now has before 1t four I'M
portant new international documents
all of which require answer by TINS
government. They are:
A supplemental note from Great
Britain in which she discusses many
OF the cases now before the Brltlsh
prize court and justifies the seizure
and detention of the cargoes.
A special note from Great Britain
on the seizure of the cargo OF the
American ship Neches while en- route
from Rotterdam to an American port
Germany's answer to the United
States in the case of the William +.
Frye. the American vessel sunk by
German cruiser, which act the
United States protested and de-
scribed as violation OF treaty.
A note from Germany through Am
bassador Gerard in which she sug'
gests to American shippers that their
vessels display very prominently the
American flag, that they may be rec
ognzed at distance by commanders
of German submarines.
These communications are in addi-
ton to the original British note re-
ceived a week ago, the publication OF
which was delayed at the request OF
Sir Edward Grey in order that he
could have time to file the supple
mental note.
All the notes from Great Britain
and the note from Germany on the
William p. Frye will be made public
by the state department Wednesday
morning
The most important of all the docu-
ments, off Gals say, is the special note
on the Neches.
British Viewpoint.
In the communication, an official
says, the British foreign office has
laid down the proposition that her
blockade would be utterly futile If 1t
were not operative both ways" The
British view is that the order in coun-
ell and the subsequent municipal de-
crees and laws were originally in
tended for the very purpose for which
they were applied in the case of the
Neches This American ship was
bound from Rotterdam to a United
States port, but Great Britain exer-
cised the right OF suspicion and I'M
loaded her cargo at a British port.
The broad proposition now laid
down by Great Britain is that. as the
United States admits that contraband
could not be admitted into Copen-
hagen, for instance, so, conversely
international law would demand that
Great Britain is entitled to prevent
goods coming through Copenhagen to
an American port, if Great Britain
believes that the cargo is in part at
least OF enemy origin
In the case of the Neches, Great
Britain asserts that she had reason to
believe that large part of the cargo
originated in Belgium, and that Bel
| 1ium is for the most part at this time
enemy country
CIVlI war Clteo
The British argument in brief, as
explained by officials, is that as the
| United States during the Civil war
| undertook to stop British goods in
the MatamOras case and the Peterhof
case because the ultimate destina-
ton" was the Confederate states. so
| the United States viii now be obliged
to admit the doctrine that Great Brit
ain car stop goods bound from neu-
| trail ports and ultimately" for the
| enemy country
The supplemental note of Great
Britain on the general subject of
American trade is stated by Secretary
| of State Lansing to be solely a dis
| cussion of the Caveat fled by this
| government on the 10th of July to
safeguard the rights of Americans in
| cargoes which had been seized and
sent by the British government into
! prize courts.