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Show MORE COMMENT OF THE LONDON MORNING PRESS LONDON Dec 31, t 15 a m The American note to Great Britain concern ng the search of American vesse s by British wa ships is further d scussed by tl e London morning newspapers toda The Standard in an editor al w ns the country that the American protest s a serions one and shou 1 not be t eated 1 ?h hearted y that the sent ment In t e Un tod States in fa or of t e all es s less pronounced than t was three months ago and that it Is yield ng to a fee ng n favor of Germany as the und rdog In a f ght against great odds Therefore the newspaper save if any so ut on is pops ble the United States shou d be met haA suggestion appears In the Mornine Post that a remedy for tl e grle ance of undue de ay n search ng vesse s would be o pass a short act In par ament gl ng the neutral t ader the r ght to come to a Bri Ish ourt of stice and by pro ess Involving a minimum of de ay to c i m dan ages arising f om the detention of 3 ves el or cargo The Mo nlng Post contends ed oria v t at me can copper exporte s by no means ha e been u ecJ de art g tha n Sep ember and O obe 19 3 I ej o 1 10 000 000 pounds nf copper to I a Ho and Norway an Sweden and it t e same mon ha of 91 thej o d o the same cus ome s 0 000 000 po nds We t ust he ed tor a cont n es ithat tho Bri sh government wi 1 f u fill the whole letter of the law and give to Pre dent AMlson h s po nd of flesl but we hope ere is enough f huma nu ture In he adm ralt and the navy to arrange that a 1 copper Imports of neu trals, and all the r n porta, analogous to that of copper sha sink to and remain at the normal peace level The Daily Mall save It considers the question at Issue as mu h one of proced ur as of prin tple It protests agHlnst getting need leas 1 excited abou the note, and Informs Americans that even from the standpoint of tl elr own Interests It la relatlely not a tal matter since far greater questions are on the an IL I contends that iu the victory of the allies lies the eecurit a vd wellbelng of the Lnited Ptatea, and the triumphs of Amer lean concepUo s of society and govern ment The editorial concludes with the statement that the allies are fighting America a battles as well as their own but none the less It wil be a good thing o get the awkward roblem of contra band pa tiff fix ort y re tied The T mes sa s h wi h n the last few da a jo rdon underwrl era who are In c ose tu h w h American commerce ha e been conferring In an endeavor to find a modus vlvendl under which the objects both Great Britain and the Lnited States have at heart with regard to the questions raised in tha American note could he secured Lewis Klnsteln of New Tort who has heM arious diplomatic posts under the Lnited States gover ment writes to the Times suggesting as a solution of the dX ficu ty that Great Britain should create a ourt of claims where neutrals could seek redress for Injury resulting from blockades. He furthe pro rosea that an American lawyer of recognized standing be appointed by the British go ernment as Judge of such court with a legal ad iser to Inform the foreign office of the j American point of view JJr Einste n euggeets that men of the type of Joseph W Choate and John Basset t Moore, for mer counsellor of tha state denartraent at "Washington would be suitable |