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Show ALLIES TO TIGHTEN IPPIjfflBGO Supply of World's Tonnage Being Depleted; Cecil Makes Statement. , LOXDOX. Sept. 22, 7:16 p. m.1i continued depletion of the world's supp i of tonnage as a result of the operations : of the submarines of the central power s ! will be met by an increase in stringent. ; measures by which the entente allies de-! de-! sign to control shipping, so as to insure its being used to the besi advantage of the allies and prevent it even indirectly, aiding their opponents, according to ;l statement made to the Associated Press today by Lord Robert Cecil, minister ot j war trade. I Ixjrd Robert declared that It could not' I be expected that British facilities should. ; be expended on ships carrying goods to blacklisted firms, and that the entente I allies will increase their shipping meas-1 meas-1 ures in making the best use of available I tonnage In proportion as the Germans succeed in destroying ships. The minister said that as a matter of course the entente allies would he-favored he-favored as regards the use of tonnage and that neutrals engaged in entente allied trade would be given thenext consideration con-sideration or in unsuspected neutral trade. Lord Robert said that the answer of Great Britain lo the American govern-. ment's protest against the seizure of ' ! mails would be sent to Washington al- , most immediately and that the reply to ! the American protest with regard to the' I blacklist imposed by the entente allies would follow shortly. |