Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-10 | Page 7 | Local News

WASHINGTON. Nov. p.The Dai ia safled from the Coiled States for Rotterdam Rot-terdam as a test ship to determine the attitude f (Jreat Hritain toward changes of registry after the outbreak of hostilities. hostil-ities. 'Yan'e, In seizing hor, claimed never to have recognized changes of flag during time of war Trie Ainerh-Hii government, gov-ernment, however, took tlie position that while France applied that rule in f.he Dacia case, her practice In the past had not been uniform and that actually many changes of registry had been tacitly ac- 1 knowledged. It has hen generally considered Hint a. 1 claim for indemnity hy the owners of ithe 1 )acia would be supported by the state ; department. The requisitioning of the vessel for use by the French government , and the change of name, and now her destruction de-struction will not affect (the status of such claim, should it finally be presented. The i case now is In the stage of appeal from the prize court decision.