New Britain herald., 1915-06-25

origin, bought and paid for prior to the first of Marrh. should not have already been shir-.l to their destina- ton. The first of June was accord ingly fixed as the, date after which the privilege allowed In the case of such shipments should cease but onece more "a special favor was granted by extending the date in exL oeptional cases to the fifteenth of June. ..r.
 CPD Importers in, the United States having now had three months in which to clear off; their purchases in enemy territory, his majesty's gov ernment rules that. in presence of the circumstances, enum erated. the United States government will ac- knowledge the great consideration which has been shown to American interests. gs, < @ l..fs
 s"sC13)@ Nevertheless !. a fresh appeal has now been maderto his majestys government that shipments of Amer ican owned goods of enemy origin, if paid for. before the beginning of March, should be allowed to be shipped without molestation after the 18th of June. The appeal gis based principally upon the contentious (a) that insufficient time has already elapsed ;s Cb) that no mention of a time limit is made in the enactment of the eleventh of Marca; (c)s that the proofs of ownership requested by his 'majesty's government are of an- exacting nature and involve much time for preparation.
 "'(14) The first contention (a) has already been dealt with. As re- gards (b) and (c), it is true that the enactment of the eleventh of March contains no mention of a time limit But it seems to be overlooked that the time limit had been fixed only for the special immunity granted as an exception from that enactment It was as a friendly concession to American interests that his majestys government agreed to an investiga- ton of claims outside the prize court. As requested by his majestys govern ment, experience has shown that such proofs were necessary.
 Proceed Without Interference.
 "s(15) In reference, however, to the renewed representations of. the United States ambassador, his ma- jesty's government have given fur ther directions that in all such cases, as may have been especially submit ted through the British embassy at Washington, or to his majesty's gov- ernment direct on or before the fif- teenth of June and passed, the goods shall be allowed to proceed without if shipped from neu- tral port on the conditions already laid down, notwithstanding the fact that shipment may not have been made before the fifteen of June
 G6Dt His majestys government will also be prepared hereafter to give special consideration to cases presented to them and involving par ticular hardships, if the goods con- cerned are required for neutral gov ernments, or municipalities, or in re- spect of works of public utility, and where payment can be shown to have been made before the first of March, 1915.
 G17o With the above exceptions, his majesty's government regret they cannot continue to deal through the l diplomatic channel with individual cases, but they would again point out that special provision is made for the l consideration Of such cases in the 1 prize court.
 1S)-Complaints have mot m frequently been made .thataundue de- lay occurs in dealing with American | cargoes in the prize court An in- | teresting comment on this subject was made by the president of the prize