Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-01-06
AMERICAS NOTE TO ENGLAND.
Comments Abroad and at Home.
Regarded i'm Friendly Spirit.

an extended conversation this after
noon with Sir Edward Grey, thesBrit-
ish secretary for foreign affairs, IN
! the subject of President Wilson's
note of protest against the detention
! of American shipping by British war
| ships.
AS the note had been discussed by
| the members of the British cabinet
yesterday, the foreign secretary was
able to present to the ambassador the
combined views of himself nd his
colleagues.
! The official information bureau
| this afternoon gave out the follow
| ing statement:
IAN answer to the American note
| will be drawn up as soon as possible.
1T will be in the same friendly spirit
in which the American note is writ
ten"
Speaking for the foreign office, the
| press bureau this evening denied the
suggestion published, in the London
Times, that its previous statement
received by the foreign Office was is
sued with the intention of charging
| the American government with dis
courtesy in giving the contents of the
| note to the newspapers before it had
been received by the foreign office.
The statemest of the bureau says this
| suggestion is "totally unfounded."
Confirming, the announcement
says:
There has been no discourtesy
whatever on the part of the State De-
partment at Washington or the
American embassy in London. On
| the other hand, it must be clearly
| understood that when this note was
sent to the foreign Office there was no
discourtesy or delay there either on
the part of the officials or Of the Sec
retary of State.'
Germans Commend
Berlin, Dec. 31.-ln the absence Of
any striking battle news to-day all
Berlin newspapers print in promi-
nent place dispatches dealing with
| the American protest to Great Bri-
tain regarding the detention Of
American ships. The Lokal Anzeig-
er declares Great Britain will be
obliged to grant all Of Americas
| principal demands, since she dare not
wake an opnonent Of the United
, -.',"s, whG ,oU'd cat Oh great part
, o a,n2'and.s own .mp"l'ati0ua.
G. &"oWn,oujalyys nu the situation in
| H. ats, unua = a1l~Eiua Ntlg im-
| gam III uaiicla. They declare the
| outcome will be decided further to
! the north, where the German ad-
vance, they assert, is proceeding ac-
cordng to plans.
From army headquarters comes a
| denial Of the rerort that the Bel
| gians captured 1000 Germans in the
| fighting around Lombaertzdye. The
denial says that Germans in the long
battle around Lombaertzdye and
| Neiuport lost altogether in dead,
wounded and missing only about
200 men.
81 Copper Cargocs Seized.
Washington, Dec. 31.-Thirty-one
ships bearing 1880 tons Of Ameri-
can copper, worth $5,5O0,O0O, des-
tined to neutral nations, have been
detained and their cargoes seized as
contraband since the European war
began, Senator Walsh, OF Montana,
told the Senate to-day.
| Four ships were consigned to Hol-
land, IA to Italy and 13 to Sweden,
he said, and at Gibraltar, $3.50 tons
of American copper "have been piled
up"
THE British government might
well avoid a course calculated to
make it appear as an offensive fact"
said Senator Walsh. God grant
| that our relations may always remain
| friendly. The feeling engendered
| by the aggressions complained Of is
| akin to the surprise and regret exDe-
rienced by one who has been cruelty
wronged by a friend and who re-
| mains confident that personal eX-
planatiOn and candid conference will
| wipe out all differences and bring a
| speedy reparation. 1t is in this
spirit the American people await the
result of the well timed note Of the
President.
What is needed now is the release
| of every detained shipment against
which prima focio coco of o,;I3 m,