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Show WOULD CLOSE THE MEDITERRANEAN TO OIL STEAMERS LONDON, Dec. 9, 2:22 a. m. The Morning Morn-ing i'oat ' gives prominence, lo a sugn-'H-tlon by a correspondent that the Mediterranean Mediter-ranean be declared a closed .sea and that i (CoiitirjUed on page Tcu.) SOME DOUBT ABOUT FATE OF OIL VESSEL (Continued from Page One ) no ship be allowed to trade there wltho t a license from the entente na al author! ties The step should be aken the corre epondent argues In an effort to combat Teutonic aubmarlnes wh ch he declares are kept supplied w th oil pro lsions and torpedoes by i eutral steamers He sug gests that ne tral sh ps on entering the Strait of Clbraltar should be g ven a course which they wou d be required to fo ow without dela Ion or delay and sas that no neutral ships carrying oil fuel should be allowed In the Mediter ranean Greek ships are probabl the worst offenders, says the correspondent. A short time ago one of o r largest trans ports carrying 6000 troops ran c o e to a Greek sh p which was in the act of supplying o to sn enemv s bmar oe off Tunis while on a o er occasion a sus picious oil ta ker was c ose by when one of our transports was au k an 1 fa er was seen ex hanging slgna s with the sub marine |