Show BRITISH SHIPPING london june 6 sir robert giffen the former president of the statistical society and former clinef of the eal department of the board of trade testifying before the house of committee on subsidies mid the changes in the position of british shipping compared with those of other countries was due largely to circum apart from subsidization there had been a diminution of progress while especially in germany there had been a great adrance the number of american owned ships sailing under the british flag finite apart from those with the combine recently formed biad largely increased and still and lie regarded it as obvious that notwithstanding the fact that the whito star line steamers were sailing under tho british flap the united states government regards them as being american vee iel f and would be prepared to defend them as the property of can citizens |