The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-06-02
STOP SEEING MAIL
q. Q. NOTIFIES DRiTAiM AND
FRANCE IN VIGOROUS NOTE.
SLa~isss Practice" on osas mo
Longer Can De ToIsratsd," and
ALLIES Are Warned to Change
Policy.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. May 2s.-Ths text of
the communication addressed to the
British and French ambassadors, 70
whom IL was delivered Wednesday, in
part follows:
Department Of State, Washington,
May "a. 191S.-Excellency: I have the
exceliency's note OF April last, trans
hitting memorandum dated February
Is. 1916, and communicated in sub
stance to the American ambassador in
London on February 2sth. In which are
| stated the contentious OF the British
and French governments In regard to
| the right to detain and examine par.
Gel and letter mails On route by sea
between the United States and Eu-
After a discussion of tho use Of the
and of the limitations to be placed on
.inviolable.' the Joint memorandum of
February IL closes with the following
| assertions:
II. That from the standpoint of the
right of visitation and eventual arrest
and seizure, merchandise shipped in
| post parcels needs not and shall not be
| treated otherwise than merchandise
shipped In any other manner.
That the ia,yioabiity Of postal
enth convention of The Hague Of 1907
| does not In any way affect the right of
the allied governments to visit and. II
| occasion arise. arrest and seize nler
chandise hidden In .he wrappers. en-
velopes or letters contained in the mail
%. That true to their engagements
and respectful Of genuine correspond
ence' the allied governments will re-
from SEEKING and confiscating such cor,
respondence. letters or dispatches and
will insure their speediest possible
Of their character shall have been as
certaIned."
| Allies Csatentien Rejected.
I'm reply the government OF the
| United States desires to state that II
| does not consider that tho postal union
,ns sses Ss sss BrsR Rp asd
French governments with the oversee
| transportation Of mails of which the
government OF the United States COM
plains.
"Furthermore. the allied powers APP
pear to have overlooked the admission
| of the government Of the United States
| that post parcels may be treated as
merchandise subject to the exercise of
belliserent rights as recognized by in
Of the United States does not admit
that such parcels are subject to the
exercise Of the rights Of police super.
| which belongs to belligerents with ref
erence to all cargoes on the high seas.
as asserted in the Joint note under 40.
| acknowledgement.
L.. Right Of Search LinaiteA.
ut Is noted with satiafaction that the
| British and French governments do not
claim. and. in the opinion Of this gov
ernment. properly do not claim. that
1 sufficient grounds upon which to; base
. right to Interfere with all classes Of
mail matter In transit to or from the
"On the contrary, their contention
appears to be that as genuine cores
spondence' is under conventional stipu-
| lation inviolable.' mall matter Of other
classes il subject to detention and ex.
animation. While the government of
the United States agrees that genuine
does not admit that belligerents may
search other private sea-borne mails
FOR any other purpose than to discover
ownership carried on belligerent yes
| sells or articles of contrabnnd trans
nitted under sealed cover as letter
nail. though they may intercept at sea
ports of the enemy's coasts which are
effectively blockaded.
Malls seized In Port.
| THE governments of the United
ever. appear to be In substantial agree
ment as to principle. The method of
applying the principle is the chief
Though giving assurances that they
consider genuine correspondence to be
inviolable,' and that they will. true to
high seas from seizing and confiscat-
| ing such correspondence. the allied
governments proceed to deprive neu.
trail governments Of the benefits of
these assurances by seizipg and con.
fiscating mall from vessels In port in
stead OF at sea. ,o,.,,, .,,n. .,,,,o,.
Just cause. to enter their own ports or
they induce shipping lines. through
some form of duress to send their mail
all vessels merely calling at British
ports-thus acquiring by force or un-
justifiable means an Illegal jurisdic-
ton.
| Censorship Assaulted.
Acting upon this enforced jurisdic.
ton, the authorities remove all mail.
genuine correspondence well as
post parcels; take eth them ,n,, to london
trail origin and destination. Is opened
and critically examined. to determine
the noee With the interpretat,on r,v IN
en- that underlined phrase by the Brit
ish and French censors. Finally. the
quentiy after irreparable delay. to its
Ships are detained en- route to or
from the United States or to from
other neutral countries. and mails are
held and delayed for several days, and.
in some cases, for weeks. and even
| months, even not routed TO
ports of North Europe. via British
| ports.
has been practiced since the an
nouncement OF February Is. 1916. To
| some extent, the same practice was fol-
lowed before that date. calling for the
| protest of this government of January
I, 1916. But to that protest the mem
| orandum under acknowledgment
makes no reference and is entirely
IJnited states Insists ON Position.
| THE government of the United
states must again insist with emphasis
that the British and French govern
/ ments do not obtain rightful 1urisdtc-
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Saratoga Springs, N. Y.-Authoriza-
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