Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-05
RenezvuI of
Complaint
BY Packers
Counsel for Chicago Interests
Call at State Department to
Declare New and More Rigid
Restrictions Imposed by Eng
land-Giee Out Statement

Washington, Nov. 4.-Counsel for Chi
cago packers called at the state depart
ment today with a complaint that Great
Britain had imposed new and more rigid
restrictions upon their trade with neu-
trail European countries. They asked
that special representations be made to
the British foreign office and the mat
ter is now being considered by the de
partment.
Packers Statement
After the conference Alfred B. Crion.
Henry Veeder and Luther NJ. Walter,
representing Armour d Co.. Swift & Co,
G. H. Hammond Co and Morris & Co..
gave out the following statement:
THE immediate cause of our visit to
WASHINGTON today is the instructions is
sued to the steamer Christiania Fjord
of the Observation-Disclosures Line, which
expected to said on Nov. 6 from New
York for the Norwegian port Of Chris
tiania. Such instructions prohibited the
steamer from the further loading of the
Chicago packers products. destined to
resident buyers in Sweden. on through
hills of lading via Christiania, Norway,
unless the packers would remove from
the bills of lading the provision goods
in transit to Sweden declare the ult,-
mate destination to be Norway, and guar
antee consumption in that country. These
instructions. we are informed. are due
IN the threat of Great Britain that un-
,ess the steamship companies enforce
sucb requirements Great Britain will
seize the ships and cargoes en- route 70
Ch,1stiania and confiscate such cargoes.
Representations have been made to
the state department today in the
hone that it will not only inform Great
britain that such further unlawful in
terference with trade in the United
states and the European neutral
countries will not be tolerated. and
that If will expect Great Britain to
permit the packers products to be
loaded on the Christiania FJord and
to go forward TO ultimate destination
in Sweden.
"This is only one of many interfef-
ences within the last six weeks by
Great Britain with trade on packing
house products carried in neutral ships
from the United States TO resident
buye-s in Scandinavian countries
Several of these vessels arrived at their
destination in the neutral countries and
hereafter the cargoes had been un-
loaG ed on the docks and were therefore
ont subject to seizure, Great Britain
notified the steamship lines. notably
the Scandanavian-Ame Line
that such goods. so delivered in their
ships, the Oscar LIZ Frederick VIII
and others must be reloaded on other
steamers and returned to Great Brit
ain for the express purpose of placing
the goods in prize court as though
they had been seized on the high seas
whilst in transit.
We are informed that Great Brit
ain has made the time requirements Of
the NorwegianAmer Line, owners
of the thrjstiania Fjord, which is the
subject of today's complaint to the
state department and that cargoes OF
packers products now on the seas in
the vessels of this line, when the.
roach Christiania, will have to he re-
loaded and returned to such British
port as may be designated by the
British government, there to be made
the subject of prize court proceed
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