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Show CARGO OF COPPER IN PRIZE COURT LONDON, Feb. 22, 9:30 p. m. The seizure of a considerable quantity of un-wrought un-wrought copper for Sweden, which was brought over in two neutral and three British ships, came up before the prize court today. The counsel for the Swedish company said he was authorized by the Swedish minister to say that the copper . ... . . , was urgently needed in Sweden to fill government contracts.' Ho asked for an undertaking by the British government tha t the government whiiSh had requisitioned requi-sitioned the copper would not use it before be-fore a legal settlement was reached. The attorney general said the British government, while it was prepared to act 1 reasonably in the matter, could not give ; such an undertaking. If the Swedish min-j min-j inter desired to make any representations, j he added, lie must do so through the foreign for-eign office. The case was adjourned on the application of the attorney general. |