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Show SUB PROTEST TO BE MADETO FRANCE Remol of Citizens of Any Nation From American Vessel Unjustifiable WASHINGTON Dee, 11 A v gorous protest is be ng prepared bv the state department aga nst the removal by the French crnlser Descartes of Germans and Austnans from the Amer can eteamsh ps Carol na Coamo and San Juan On the h gh seas The note will contend that removal of citueos of any nat on from an American vessel on the high seas 11 w thout legal jastif ca tion It will be asserted n the nota, as t was a year ago in a protest to Prance is the case of August Piepenbnnk that the men remo ed were not embolcd n the armed forces of the enem in the sense of that term n establ shod internat onal law The comm n cat on it was understood probably will declare alto that there is no jostlf cat on for the removal of an enemy subject from a neutral vessel on the h gh seas bound to a neutral port even f he ould prop erly be regarded as a m 1 tar person The Trent case dur ng the v 1 war probably will be c ted aa a precedent The state department was not ad v sed whether any of the A strlans or Germans seized bad declared the r nten t on of becoming Amer can clt zcn In format on on that point s be ng so ght and should it develop that such s the caso the protest may bo e en n oro f rm Tho facts n the case alrcadj at hand were summed up n th s statement s sued by the lepartmont late toda The department has rcce ed re ports from the ollector of stome at San Juan Porto Rico n 1 at ng that throe shins of the New York and Porto llico 1 ne ha e been stopped on tho h gh seas and searched by the French sor Descartes Tho stea nsh n arol na north bound was stopjei s x m I s off San Juan and the German I r stemard named Schade was ta o off by the boar I ng off qr stoamer was allowed to i ro ccd north after a delay of abo t two hours The steamer Coamo sonth bo n I wss stopped abo t twont) m les off shore by two shots across ho bow and the following persona taken off by the boar log party 1 1 nscor Ruttfr Antion F Pol orch Austrlans of tho engine room and II Kr ger a Ocrn a of the steward s lepartmont It o pears that other Oermans n the row with American e tl7onsh p papem wero not mole'stei The steamship fc T an so th bo nd Is renorte 1 to have h e stoppad northeast of Porto R o and two second cab n pass ngcr W II am Ouothorodt ml fr h I other Oern an s biocts t k n off the ship |