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Show jSibTll J IS UNEASY OVER NOTE Opinion Prevails That Great Britain Will Seize Steamer Pacia Now on High Seas, May Force Issue. PRESIDENT WILL I MAKE NO COMMENT Enounces He Has Not Yet Jad Message of English Diplomat; Shippers See I No Sign of Relief. -?Hte.t tibial News Sr1 -. jlti HIMjTON Js 1 There was fiTnaet meeting todij to osuder aCrJ reply to the I n ted States ,JU cottTOTersv wth Ureat Britain I tie sehire and detect on of Aoier 5sli?s earjoe. Jfier tie cab net meeting it was id at the state department that a aeptmuatae feeling prevailed as to ftutcome of the d plomatie negotia S3 tow pendiss Before the cabinet eta rre dent Wjlsen took orca a to say that he had not expressed fcssat-sf action o er the note of bir tmi GreT He made t plain that i ftl expressed so op n on stating ii jtle had not jet read the note. "rv rea.ons for the growing nneasi ; among state department officials iibfl set down to two causes princl f t, that the expected se wire b m$ Britain of the steamer Daeia, the jaborg American liner recently gnen ixeruan registxv will render the iaon more acute. (o!!dt tie appeals whi h are being afo, ly shippers that the United u shall stand firmlv on the r ght ift?Tn.ted States to ship unmolested Asmran cargoes destined to neutral i nJ Tie importance of this latter con i itioa, a high state decar ment official ' today cannot bo overest mated Tae ground upon which this insist is made by h ppers is this He United btates, Italy Holland 1 ai tie Scandinavian conntr es have ri not to hip contraband to the Easies of G eat Br am. law droits Shipments. llaere is no aliegat on on the part of Vest Britain that her patrols have sued any Vn ted states vessel with Satraband, the i It mate destination of LA Teasel was enown to be a Ger ji or Austrian port Jfiatever contraband has been gwed by the shippers of the United a es has been 6ent to some port of the wtral countries name 1 IS law adm u La shipment of contra saf at the ri k of th pper and the fvgaUon to take coc raband rests with belhrerents whose n erests would be Sleeted b ta en em JJ Lnfted States sv ppers bavins ad Ttealr sent no contraband direct to the "emles of Grea Bn ala tne United Mtes conten Ion is tha American ship W a.e within he r rights and have not B0a 4 the neutra v which has been an 4 by the Lnl ed States. I Toe rnlted fatates ontentlon Is that ontraband ca goes o of the Lnlted IMm are finding the r way Into Ger i many and Austria through one of the neu nil European oou trlea, Qrest Br t ! atn a reniedT He with that country and j not with he Lnlted States. Will Show Figures The state department anil the White House are making- efforts to present com merclal sfatistlcs to si ow that Sir Ed ward urey's flyur wre Incorrect and mislead n Col ector of the Port of New York Dudley Fled Ma one was at the Wtitte Honse toJa ard althougli It Is offlcla 5 said hat he was there on i another matte it Is known that the ! statistics from New "iork are the most ! &i uable In meeUns the Issue raised by Sir Edward. When he was leaving the White House, Mr Malone was asked to explain some of the ways In wh ch British practices were harmful to American trade lie i ed as an examp e hat It costs ship pers fron $500 o $100- a day to charter sh p and pointed to he case of a ship costing- that much In charter charges sail ins for Rotterdam w th a mixed cargo onsigned to an Individual In Holland. Accompmn ing- the sh pment he said there m ght be an affidavit to the effect that the -orsignment, so far as he ship ! pers know is a bona fide one. Costs Raised. j The ship is held up on the high seas, ' taken to a British port and detained two; or three weeks. The British government, ma decide to take a part of the cargo, paying the shipper therefor But the $1C00 a day charge during the period of de entlon he declared Is not paid More over he dec a red, damages paid could not cover the general demoralisation which the seizure causes, not on y to the particular shipper involved but to Amer . lean shipping generally ! The case of tbe Dacfa which Is directly connected with the quest on of seizures 1 and detentions has been brought by Great Britain to the atten Ion of the state department. The British admiralty has' ! merely advised the department that It takes cognizance of the purchase by an ! American of this Hamburg liner and re i ser es action j Secretary Bryan would not say today what the action of this go ernment would i be with reference to the Dacla if she ; were seized by Great Britain. One of the ' important officials, however said 1! Great Britain s right shou d not be challenged at the instant of the seizure here will be nothing left but to allow Great Britain to take the Dacla into a prize court and appeal from Its dec Is on if adverse to the Dacla on the ground of I a denial of Justice. |