The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-17

TO the letter Oh Inc INV IL tA0 AAoSSOA
OF submarine attacks on unarmed
without warning. In
formal statement signed by FaulKner'
veeder and M. w. Morris. representing
the. Morris packing plants, and pun-
lished today. the American Shippers
took issue with the London Prize
courts award. The statement declares
the prize courts deduction that the
cargoes were meant ultimately for
Germany because the shipments to
Denmark after the war started showed
a great excess over shipments to that
country before the war, IL unreaso on
able. The packers declared THIS IN
crease due to the fact that before the
war Denmark received q great deal
of their products through German
ports. This will be the chief point
they will make to Secretary Lansing,
There was hint by packers today
that the British prize courts blow 70
American packers comes with mighty
poor grace" at a time when financial
Of England are az
tempting to noat the billion dollar
loan among American bankers None
of the packers or their representatives.
would say anything for publication
Wn90 86k0U IL luOy WOuAN AAoAAS
proposed loan as retaliation.
How the prize court decision would
Affect the American meat market Il at
all. WAS q matter packers refused to-
day to discuss. Several officials adj
mitted that under present conditions
thew would hesitate about shipping
more meat abroad and that therefore
there would be more meat for home
They refused however
to say whether prices here would pc
lower.
Word From Penfeid.
WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-THE
lstata denartment at last heard today
from Ambassador Penneld, Vienna, in
answer to the note demanding Aus.
|. rian Ambassador Dumba's recall
rom Washington.
Several of his messages arrived ana
more were still coming this forenoon.
Oficials said they we're held up on
fine road. They did not know just
how or why, but presumed the delay
was due to physical difficulties Incl
dental to wars destruction and disor-
SANITATION. It was known that one
| dispatch acknowledged receipt OF the
recall note and second was under
stood to contain an account Of the
manner OF its reception by the Vienna
foreign ONCE.
For the time, however, no detahs
were made public.
Secretary Lansing left just before
eleven O'Clock for the white house and
lit was believed he had taken the Pen
field dispatches with him to submit
-, kt,o rrao3donf
DIsp!eased with England.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-Extreme
ld;snleasure over the British prize
court decision contiscating $4,000, 900
worth OF American meats. pervaded
administration circles today. Wheth-
or a sharp protest will be made by the
state department depends upon the
injured American shippers.
Omcials privately admitted that the
decision was OF great Diplomatic inn
lportance. as affecting public sentiment
n the negotiations for modification
of England's order In council. While
automatic action depends upon the
technical legal course adopted by the
/ meat packers. the administration. 1t
can be stated authoritatively, stands
ready to make vigorous representa-
tons at the proper time. That the
decision INCREASES the strained rela-
ltions with Great Britain in the dis
pute over her interference with Amer
lean commerce. was admitted by high
!ohicials. The state department has
been awaiting the prize courts action
before sending the general protest
against British commercial interfer.
lence. This note must now be partial
lly redrafted and probably WIN be de-
layed further. to meet the new sItua-
tion presented by the prize courts
findings.
The state department expects a re.
Quest from the packers to overthrow
by diplomatic means what they gen.
orally consider most unjust. arbi.
trary and conjectural decision. ON
cials pointed out that practically the
sole evidence on which the court
based the claim that the American
goods we're destined, through neutral
ports. for German military uses, was
the increase in American exports to
, neutrals. In former communications
/ to great Britain the state department
has strenuouslv opposed such guess
work" That 1t will adhere to this
| position IS believed certain
! Whether snv diplomatic protest VIII
be made other than the general note
on trade interference. depends on
whether or not the packers decide to
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