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Show FAVORS POOLING OF ME SHIPPING V French Expert Talks of Economic Struggle Expected Ex-pected After War. . PARIS, Dec. IS, 12:05 p. m. Pooling o? the shipping of the entente allies, to the exclusion of the' flags of all countries now at war with them, Is suggested for the economic struggle expected after the war by Georges Ancel. a deputy from Havre and a specialist In such questions. Mr-Ancel Mr-Ancel believes the benefits of pooling, as illustrated by the prosperity of shipping combinations, should be taken into consideration con-sideration in connection with the rebuilding re-building of the French merchant marine and in consolidating the position which the allies have gained through the blockade block-ade of Germany and Austria. As soon as the seas are open to her merchant fleet, M. Ancel says, Germany naturally will make on immediate and violent effort to recover her shipping. It is his opinion that she expects discrimination discrim-ination against her flaj In ports of France and Great Britain, and will endeavor to bring about a union of neutral shipping interests to be pooled with her own to help her to compete under their flags in these ports. To checkmate this move M. Ancel proposes pro-poses the admission of neutral shipping to the ports of the entente allies on condition con-dition that the neutrals agree not to enter any combinations with shirpmg interests in-terests flying the flag of any nation now at war with the entente. This arrangement, arrange-ment, M. Ancel points out, would have the double effect of protecting the interests inter-ests of neutrals and preventing Germany from organizing pools that would enable her to use neutral flags to escape from the restrictive measures to whMi the German flag Is likely to be submitted in French, British, Italian, Portuguese and Russian ports. M. Ancel considers It Inadmissible In any case to tolerate the flags of the Germanic Ger-manic coalition on equal terms in the ports of the entente powers. |