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Show SHIPPERS TO ASK FOR BIG DAMAGES WASHINGTON". Sept. IT. Advices to ; Tlie si.te department try, ay showed that in m.'iry cas the British poernment has released mrcnes of American goods seizerl in bp! liferent vessels at the time of the declaration of war. It Ib expected that American shippers will ask for several sev-eral million dollars In da mages fr de-lay de-lay caused by seizure, but tlie state department de-partment "'ill not lake up that question , immediately. When i he wa r broke out the American Ameri-can government dlared it v.-nuld not consider ca rgoes then on the hih peas liable to seizure or adjudication In priz courts. Sir Edward Grey Immediately appointed a committee to hndl the situation, and since then cases coming under this class have been considered merely to establish the identity of such cargoes, which have not been regarded as prizes. If damages are asked for by the United States for the delay by seizure, it has been suggested that shippers must face the fact that under international law ships sailing at any time do so with the risk of being exposed to conditions arising from a possible declaration of war while en route. |