Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-25


tCntly cndeavored 10 give practical ef
feet 70 those assurances.
Icnicnt Regulations.
q Il will be recalled that, at the
moment when his majesty's govern.
ment announced their measures
against enemy commerce, they de-
ciarea their Intention 10 refrain alto
gether from the exercise Of the right
70 c0nflscntc ships or cnrgoes, which
helligerents had always previously
claimed In respect to breaches 81
blockade. that. under article five Cd
OF the enactment OF The nth %
March, IL was expressly provided that
any person claiming 20 he Interested
In goods placed ln prize court IN ppf-
Huanco Of the provision Of that enact
ment, might forthwith issue a writ
against the proper officer of the
crown. the object being 10 confer upon
claimants tho right to institute pro-
ceedings Without waiting for the writ
OF the proturator general and thus "a
remove all possible cause Of Legitimate
grievance on account OF delay: and
that. finally, a specific assurance was
given 20 The United states government
that the Instructions to be issued by
his maJretv's government 10 the fleet
aud 10 the customs officials ana exec
utive officials concerned, would im-
press upon thcm the duty OF ACTING
with the utmost dispatch consistent
with the object In view, and OF show
ing In every case such consideration
for neutrGlsf as might be compatible
with that object namely 10 prevent
vessels carrying goods for, or conn
ing from the enemys territory.
.. The above measures were all
designed 10 alleviate the burdens i'm
posed upon neutral sea- borne com
merce In general Various special
concessions over and above those emit
merated have moreover been made In
favor OF United States citizens.
4. Thus his majesty's govern
ment have acted as regards shipments
Of American cotton, In accordance
with the provisions Of an arrange
ment nrriNcd at In direct colabora-
ton with representatives Of the Amer
lean cotton interests IN accepting
this scheu1e, the principal represen.
tative OF those interests are described
as eoncedlug an that American inter-
ests could properly ask The provi-
sions OF the ARRANGEMENT were as the
United States Ambassador IL aware, as
follows.
I'D All cotton for which contracts
Of sale aud freight engagcmenis have
already been made before the 2nd al
March Is 10 be allowed FREE pnssage
Cor bought az 3tuIttraetfpfice IT. stop.
ped, provided The ship sails not later
than the aist Of March
Condition Of Cotton Cargocs.
CD Similar treatment vs. 10 ne
accorded to all cotton Insured before
the End Of March. provided It is put
on board not later than the 10th Of
March.
90 All shipments Of cotton
claiming the above protection are to
be declared before smiling, and doeu-
menta produced 10. and certificates
obtained from consular officers or
other authority fixed BY the govern
ment.
20 Considerable shipments Of
cotton have already been dealt with
under this ARRANGEMENT. aud In GER
tain cases the dates specified have
been extended In favor OF American
shippers The board Of trade have al.
ready paid sum exceeding fi60,00
10 various American claimants and all
claims are being and win continue Ia
be paid as rapidly as they are pre-
scented and the proofs OF title can be
checked. II IN some eases progress
has been delayed. this has been due to
the fact which has seriously embar-
rassed his majesty government that
number Of conslgnments for which
the American shippers had specifically
invoked the protection of the arrange
ment, ATE now claimed by Swedish ana
Dutch firms whose titles Of owner
ship Notwithstanding the action Of the
American shippers appear IN some
cases 20 be valid, and In others have
led to the issue uf writs Ia the prize
court.
England Loses ON Sales.
D. II has been explicitly aCknoWl-
edged by the special representatives
Of the American claimants who have
been in constant and direct commu-
nicatiun with the board OF trade, that
an the claims so far submitted under
the cotton arrangement have been
settled with the utmost prnmpttudo
so soon az the production of the nee
essafy documents By the claimants al
lowed Of this being zone. There H. at
the present moment no claim before
his madestys government that has
NOT been paid, and the sums so paid
over are already considerably IA cx-
cess Of the amounts realized by the
sale OF the goods.
g, "A regards the more general
allegation OF delay in dealing with
cases Of detained cargoes the follow
ing facts ana figures may be quoted
1NeiitN-scVcn Vessels Still Detained.
The total number OF vessels
which, having cleared from united
states ports since the initiation OF the
retaliatorv measures against German
trade, are slill detained in United
Kingdom ports Is tWenty-seVen. OF
this number eight are discharging
cotton which his maiestys govern.
ment has pgreed 10 purchase under
the above arrangement Of the re-
naming nineteen vessels, seven are
free to depart as soon as the items OF
their cargo placed in the prize court
have been discharged. The other
twelve, OF which three only are Amegi-
can ships. are detained pending In
quirIes as 20 suspicious eonsignments
and particulars as To the dates and up-
proximate causes OF 0etentiun are fur
nished IN the accompanying list. It
will lie observed that eight have been
detained for a period al less than a
week and three for period less than
d fortnight while the detention uf one
IL due 10 the difficulties In regard %
transit across sweden and Russia,
- His majeaty's government re.
mains convinced that. on an Impair
tial review of the facts. II viii he adj
mitted that no arbitrary Interference
with American interests has. IN re-
gard to cotton cargoes, occurred.
while II due regard be paid TO the