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Show I CONTRABAND COPPER AROUSES PROTEST i "WASHINGTON", Nov. 11. Senator 1 Hughes of New Jersey laid before the , i Mate department today a protest from several bi copper companies of his state '' against the attitude of Great Britain on 1 1 the shipments of copper to neutral coun-i coun-i tries. The petition sets forth that Great Brit-I Brit-I ;iin has no rieht to intenere with car- uor-s Diving between neutral countries, and ;i states that restrictions such as Great Britain has placed on commerce will serious se-rious K- threaten the copper Industry ot the United States, i 1 Great Britain is insisting; that coppei i cargoes be sent to a specific consignee ; i in neutral countries, otherwise it will be suspected of having an ultimate destination desti-nation in a belligerent country. The de-: de-: '.'itrtment iias entered as yet Into no ;itcreement on the hubjt'Ct, simply pre-( pre-( i anting the claims and protests of Amer- I ran shippers in the hope of facilitat- 1 i - trade. |