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Show PARCEL POST MAIL TO HOLLAND CEASES i Steamship Line Refuses to Accept Pack-ass Pack-ass Because of British Selzurea of American Mail. WASHINGTON, April 19. The Ameri-can Ameri-can government today suspended the parct'l post convention between the United States and The Netherlands be-cau?e be-cau?e tho only steamship line between the two countrifs has refused to carry parcel post pai'kaKes In the face of British Brit-ish i-clznre of American mail. Service win be MiPpendr-d. Postmaster General Eiurlcsuu sa id t oday, until means n re av;ii:iLi for din-t. exchange between the United Suites potoffice and The Netherlands Nether-lands postoffii-1, aud postmasters were ordered to refuse paekagos addressed lo Holland. Many packages, it was said, are piled up now in New York, awaiting shipment. l-';ircel post servif is arranged between be-tween nations by special treaties arid, unlike first-class mall, ia not covered by an International postal ajirrciernent. Great Britain I'laims this rives it the right to Fri.e matter sent from the United ftats to The Netherlmds whn it is suspected the n'thi'aic destination Is one of the l mi ,1 1 pn ers. I |