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Show STANDARD OIL SHIP SEIZED BY BRITISH Steamboat Petrolite Is Held, According to Keport to State Department. De-partment. WASHINGTON, A up. 12. Noti ce of the detention bv the British authorities authori-ties of the Standard Oil steamship Petrolite Pet-rolite was received at the state department depart-ment todav from tho American embassy in London. So far the department has not aotvl in tbe case, but probably it will instruct Embassador Page to tako steps to secure the liberation of the S 'iV is assumed hero that the Petrolite was seized because nhe was chauKed from German to American registry after aft-er the outbreak of the tvar. Heretofore Hereto-fore however, the British government has not attempted confiscation in cases of transfer of the flap where the actual ownership has been continuously American, Amer-ican, so little difficulty in securing the Petrolite 's release is anticipated if no other question is involved. If it should be established that the ' vessel's cargo of oil ultimately was des-j des-j tined to Germany or Austria, the cargo at least would ,be confiscated. |