The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-25
goods for. or coming from, Il
enemy's territory.
Designed To Alleviate Burdens.

goods for. or coming from, the
lenemys territory.
Designed to Alleviate Burdens.
g. The above measures were all de-
Isigned to alleviate the burdens inn
posed upon neutral sea-borne COM
merce in general. In various special
concessions, over and above those
enumerated. have, moreover, been
made in favor of United States
citizens
l. Thus His Matesty's Government
have acted, as regards shipment of
American cotton, in accordance with
the provisions OF an arrangement ar
rived at in direct collaboration with
represent& lives of the American cot
ton interests. In accepting this
scheme the principal representatives
of those interests described 1t as con-
feeding all that American interests
lcould properly ask The provisions
of the arrangement were. as the
United States Ambassador is aware,
Jas follows;
% All cotton for which contract
of sale and freight engagements have
already been made before the End
of March is to he allowed free Cor
bought at contract price If stopped)
provided the ship sails not later than
the 3ist of March.
CD Similar treatment is to be &C
corded to all cotton insured before
the End of March, provided il j.
| put ON hoard not later than the 18th
of March.
go All shipments of cotton claim
ing the above protection are TO be de-
! clared before sailing and documents
produced to. and certificates obtained
from consular officers or other au-
= mi ht ha
Much Cotton Already Dealt With.
/ g. Considerable shipments of cot
( ton have already been dealt with UNI
I der this arrangement, and in certain
cases the dates specified have been
attended in favor of American ship
pers The board Of trade have al
ready paid a sum exceeding $4,000
pounds sterling TO various American
claimants. and all claims are being,
and will continue to be, paid as rapid
4 iy as they are presented and the
, proofs Of title can be checked. If in
. some cases progress has been delayed
4 this has been due to the fact which
has seriously embarrassed His Ma
jestys government--that number OF
Iconsignments for which the American
= shippers had specifically invoked the
n protection Of the arrangement. are
now claimed by Swedish and Dutch
,
" withstanding the action of the
! American shippers. appears in some
:, cases tn he valid, and mothers has
:, led to the issue of writs in the prize
: court.
> 6. II has been explicitly acknowl'
edged by the special representatives
of the American claimants who have
: been in constant and. direct communt-
:. cation with the board of trade that
AaI ri a aims so
. the cotton arrangement have been
:, settled with the utmost promptitude
as soon as the production of the
necessary documents by the claimants
allowed of this being done. There
= Is at the present moment no claim
- before His Ma jesty's government that
has not been paid and the Sums sc
paid over are already consderably in
excess of tine amounts realized 10y the
sale of the goods.
" As to Allegations OF Delays.
sf !. As regards the more general al
, legations Of delay in dealing witt
: cash of detained cargoes the follow
ling facts and figures may he quoted;
. The total number of vessels which
having claared from the Unitcd states
!, ports since the initiation of the re.
,taliatory measures against German
:, trade. are still detained in United
Kingdom ports is twenty seven; OF
, this number eight are dischargine
. cotton which His Majesty's govern
ment has agreed to purchase under
! the above arrangement. OF the re-
: manning nineteen vessels seven are
: free to depart SO soon as the items
! of their cargo placed IN the prize
. court have been discharged. The
lother twelve, of which three only are
:. American ships. are detained pending
!, Inquiries as to the suspicious consign.
y ments and particulars as to the dates
and approximate causes of dstentior
:, are furnished in the accompanying
list II will be observed that eight
have been detained for a period Of
Hess than a week and three for q
, tperlod of less than a fortnight, while
= the detention of one is due to the diff
fieulties in regard to transit across
!, Sweden and Russia.
. Comparatively Little Interference.
s. His Majesty's government is con-
: WINGED that on an impartial review OF
the facts it will be admitted that nc
interference with American interests
in regard to cotton cargoes occurred:
while if due regard be paid to the
enormous volumes of American and
neutral shipping which Is continually
engaged in the transatlantic trade
the figures and dates quoted in the
preceding paragraph will emphasize
THE restricted nature OF any interior
( ence which has taken place and the
, close attention with which the Of
t ficials concerned have adhered to
I their instructions to act In all cases
/ with expedition and with every posi-
, BILE consideration for neutrals
n o. Since His Majesty's goveFnnent~has
! been compelled to adopt their present
, / measures against German commerce
, they have given special consideration