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Show mis os ! IS SEVERE I SQTE 01 BLACKLIST protest Delivered to ! Foreign Office by Em- I I bassador Page Declares British Too Lightly Too Frequently Disregard Well Defined International Practices. WARNS ENGLISH OF CONSEQUENCES Declares Citizens of United States Are ; Within Rights in Trad-!i Trad-!i ing With Belligerents; J Expresses Belief Action 'I Was Taken Without Mature Consideration. j WASHINGTON", July 30. Great Brit-. Brit-. tin is named, in the American note of jpotest against the blacklist, made pub-ilk pub-ilk tonight by the state department, of i the "many serious consequences to neu- tnl rights and neutral relations which I'KD w act must necessarily involve. ' '" j Already in the hands of the British foreign office, the note says, in the "ravrst term;, that it is "manifestly )e:t of the question that the gov-.trrment gov-.trrment of the United States should iv;ie;.e in such methods" and ftiat the United States rerds the t'irilist as " inevitably and essentially I'bn&tnt with the rights of all their t-iifas of all the nations not involved i: the Tar." )It reminds the British government tst citizens of the United States are ' jt::ire!y within their rights in attempt to trade with the people or the gov- 1'r.cents of any of the nations now at iir, subject only to well-defined inter-tiriecal inter-tiriecal practices and understandings l':;h the government of the United ' '?! deems the government of Great -jln;aiii has too lightly and too fre-;:?i;ly fre-;:?i;ly disregarded. The American is even more positive in its terms laa officials have intimated. Text of Note. j Embassador Page was instructed bj Je Secretary Polk to deliver it for nd textually. It follows: The announcement that his Brit-iraic Brit-iraic majesty's government has tetl the names of certain persons, , Crrns and corporations in the United Sisits upon a proscrlptlve "black-and "black-and l.as forbidden all financial r wmmerdal dealings with them, , citizens of Urcat Britain has received with the most painful ' m, S ,5y 'he PePle and govern-tl govern-tl t ' ,he l"lted States, and seems Sr.'... government of the United In'.'SL embod' a policy of arbitrary to ?u u ,wllh neutral fade i ",VI 13 duty to protest 2i"J effect f Votlry -' ''. n "?,ry- British steamship 'y C'i"" Wl" not accept cargoes ' iW'1 firms or Persons -i '"at 'nn v, hnes under neutral l T' fr,om them they are i if'r'r1,11 at British : ' hVv, l,"'e" J"1 ,her PriV'- '"-I aril Jhoy have dually en- ' : "' lilmS ,h"?selves be put : fcnkem Are Afraid. j t,'''i'onb?!;.k'1r. ref,,se ,o ansKw - ''"'" dMln. St' anrt neulral mer-" mer-" ; Jr i, mContract for their s'""s tlw c M e Proscription. It m ,bs WhSliin? ",sh ""I'-ials regard ' 'f'Wi'able ! tho blacklist as i lrar-ciioi i , e?"c commercial -- ,Z Bri!aln and her de- ' ' ?,S! In for.? er'Pa.na doinS busl- I? bt reca rdM I ULelr ''a'in(ts are Rritui, V?, s sllbJect to veto by - v th. . !'1,er"ment. ' ?: 'mirn?.!?in''iP Americans In ' "itct to slmu," m,?ht be made 7 are to" M J Punitive action If : count va'"'s wlth an' of !'''!' &shrn1'1h,eventuaI,y d- ' S'eo; th UnlrHS J?0,lc" uPn ,h ' !"! rich i 8u nd upon f. a" to l "upon which It will ( 1151 .r b ,.'!' "hvlous. Upon it!t out f;omrr,01serib'd and in Am"' 01 the S"'e general com- li.,, la re. hi,.-h aro en- - I: ' Imno?,.0";"1"1--1?1 P"a- i, aW injio, , f foreign prod- nn8r"f'n countries, and - lljmnortant channels ' , (Contled n Page nree i "la 1 firm I ATTITUDE i ON BLACKLIST t0 British Foreign Office Positive in. Its Terms of U. S. Rights. !,, American trd h i (or many y. " r" "... t-vun oannot easily or !" V.' vt w.eaWishd. Oilier NT1'"1! r;v t put -iron the list at -.' : ,Mt addition to t! pro-n pro-n i, v r made "whether on F..'F':- , ,.Wv nationality or ene-u-rlw'--of such perwrn or 5-ivi 1 ; government exvoilent C B f.t-Te' possiMHtles of nn.le-' nn.le-' ; ..v' to A'.r.eriean citizens " , nennres. arbitrarily tak- -. tK" serous and inoaloulah'e i:'.:,.;s'oi' American trade are '.' V., i.,'oi':ed on behalf of his ' .--ivernaient that these 1 m-e're aimed only at the - .-V re.it Britain and would ' "i'--e'. ari enforced with strict '. C i'-e ritfttf of neutrals and Pa possih'.e detriment to -f . ',' ,n,e ' (,:( it is evident that " ' 6- 'iaeVtuK and essentially ji'L with the rights of the -e'of a:i ire nations not involved sve-nment of the United V-' to remind the sovern-s sovern-s '--V 'is Taiesty that citizens of ft! ?'.a:es ate entirely vi;h- - in attempting to trade ;-c v'eople or the government of L-- .v t e n.i:ic:'.s now at war. suh- h - - v to wel'-delined interna- - jU3 "r-n:k'rs and understaitdinsrs It- - t. e covernrttent of the United - . ' .-eents the sovernnient of 1 Rrttain too lightly and too fre- .;' jl itire;.irJs. : kilties for Disregard. T'rre are we'l known remedies uy es for breaches of blocker block-er b'o.-kade is real, and. - t '.i:. e:'eci:ve. for trade in eon-fc-for every unneutral act by rTi-:-j-"er attempted. r- I cev;rr.:r.?:H of the Fnited r ti-r? :ir.r.et corsem to see those frt-e-J-s i"j penalties altered or a: ti e w;li of a single power I; pcj? o: powers to the injury of - k? own cirirns or in derogation of te err rrits. ConspicLioiis anion? ' t? '."ir.oirles wliiti the civilized na- - txc of t:.e world have accepted for - t K:rirJ:rg of tlie riciits of : BJ'ri': :s ir.e j;;sr and I-.onorable - pr-:::e that neutrsis may not be " tt'.ierrd nor trieir goods confiscated jp?p. fair adjudication and t':-: an orrortuuity to he heard in -' co.'ts or elsewhere. Such --" :r:i.-i Lie blacklist brushes asTde. ''I witno-jt hearing:, with- - ar.-j in advar.ce. ' L': --''y of the question r' ;-s K'.-err.rner.t of the United y ft:t s:n.j acquiesce in such meth- - mis a:;.li-.a:iop.s of punlsiiment to j; insistent With Justice. i.T'?;"?r rr.ay be aid in reeard to :rty iji t.e view of interna-f-i o:.;.-a;;ons of the act of par-77f;-.V ':r-'on wiiich the practice of ""It as now empioved by - p.rf;e"'.s vernment is under- t L"e l"'e government of - k-ir:rM ?:a:es js constrained to r.Lj L'.ai p-aciice as inconsistent V justice, sincere amitv. :- r: :.T:ri;al fairness which sliouid -; :7:-I:riz- the deaJinzs of friendly :- T-j.Ts with one another. tr S'':nt nt" rciProcal trade be--' L'T- '- l-nued States and Great "-" J r- Ire Privilege Ions: accorded - -C-.-rtltj,:!?als of each to come and i: , tr.rir s.-.ips and careoep. to - jr.":1 p'-ers shipping and sere -' tr'1 ot!ier s merciiants is n -. jrx.jsly impaired by arbitrary ?,ri? Practices such as this. V-':.! Purpose or inclination on ": r-.-f l'e government of the shield American - it--'-r -r-"J?!Rs5 houses in anv way ' --- -inrnate consequences of LV;-f'"-ts,. or Practices; it is '' R".-.lu,n? that they should suffer ' ''X::ate Penalties which in- - J::-J.riai iaw and the usaee of na-i--"-.'-1 .' eanctlond; but his r: -'-rr'a,-"esIys 'ernment can- .. 1 government of the - -l,a,t-s 10 nsent to see its V-:-'-, p'Von an ex Parte blacklist . c.line tne attention of his --r"ise ?overnm. in the prav-fc- , ,ne many serious con-- Lneutral rights and neu- tral relations which such an act must necessarily involve. i It hopes anil believes thnt his majesty's government, in Its natural absorption m a single pressint; object of polic-. has acted without a full realization of the many undesired and undesirable results thai mislit ensue. |