The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-21

judicial tribunal ls one which his
Majesty's Government cannot forego,
and they feel convinced that the en-
lightened opinion in the Cn!.ed states
cannot adversely c~rit!cise their course
Of action in this respect.
All Account~,. For.
"Nlnth-It is true that a number Of
these cases hav been pending In the
prize court for some time. This Is no
tably the case in regard to certain ves-
sells carrying large shipments OF meat
and lard, ostensibiy consigned 20 Scan
dinavian ports. The United States Gov
are, however. no doubt ware
that much Of the delay involved in these
instances il due to the fact that the
negotiations have been carried on for
many weeks with a representative OF
the principal American meat packers
for an arrangement designed to limit
importation into neutral countries ad-
jacent to Germany to quantities ac-
tually required in those countries Tor
bona fde home consumption. The
| American meat packers have demanded.
as a part OF the settlement to be agreed
upon, tina his Majesty's Government
should buy the & OF several ships
now held up in the prize court. Hence
the delay in bringing these cases TO al
Judication.
The negotiations for an amicable
settlement have. unfortunately, come ia
"A standstill. owing to the exorbitant
terms insisted upon by the representa-
tive of the American packers. This
, stage having now been reached, his
Majes.y's Government nave decided to
20 on with the prize court proceedings
in these cases, and II IL not expected
that "A decision will be much longer
delayed.
"Tenth-It may finally be pointed out
that the repeated complaint as to injury
suffered generally by American trade In
consequence of interference Cue to Brit
ish naval measures derives little SUB
stance from the published American
trade returns.
"A table of figures taken from these
returns and showing the amount OF re-
cent American trade with Germany and
with neutral countries supplying Ger
many il annexed hereto. 1t certainl!
tends to disprove any contention tina
American trade with neutral countries
has recently suffered. 1t will be seer
that whereas American exports TO Ger
many and Austria in February. 1918
fell by S2l.5OO, 900. az compared viii
the same month In 1914, American ex
| DDTtS 10 oChIlulIltN ~ S''h $3.50" I
rose by the enormous hgure or VOL,
l00, 900
Denie Loss of q
"Eleventh--Similar figures for tn
month of March have not yet reached
his Ma iesty's Government. but the!
have received statistics for mat mont
OF the value OF exports and imports
through New York as issued by tn
Collector Of the Port, and while pointinI
out a large increase In the value o
exports in 1915. compared with those o
1914, as shown In the tables annexed
they desire especially to call attention
TO n separate statement indicating tn
increase in the amount OF the export I
scandinavian and Dutch ports OF tw'
commodities only. bacon and lard. Thes
figures show that. as against l.253 boxe
OF bacon n 9.s16 tlerces OF lard ex
ported to the ports noted In the abov
countries In March. 1914. there were re
ported In March. 1915, 32.222 boxes o
bacon and sb.676 tierces OF lard.
"Twelfth-His Majesty's Government
consider that the asnorNai Increase j
supplies imported by neutral countries
as shown In these statistics. alone 1ui
t,aes their assumption as to the ultimat
destination Of many Items In cargoe
consigned 10 one or the other OF IN
countries In question In the vessel
which they have detained: but the
would call attention to the fact that
IL only when they have believed then
selves TO be In possession Of conclusiy