Show MANY ASI THAT PULP AND PAPER BE ft ADMITTED ADM fREE Claim Clain Same ame Privilege Enjoyed Enjoyed En En- joyed b by Our Canadian Canadian Neighbor bor W. WASHINGTON Nov 14 Following H. Following the verbal rC representations representation pr previously made to this luis government in lu regard to duties on onwood onwood wood wood pulp and printing paper aper the German German German Ger Ger- man man embassy has sent a a. note nole to the state department formally C claiming under under the time favored nations clause claus of ot the existing treal treaty the same privileges enjoyed by Canadian pulp and paper of free entry Into America Count the German dor dor- dorIs Is at present In New 1 York and is expected expected ex ex- to tal take e up the subject with Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Knox on his lila return to Washington The German Gelman note formal and is us intended to save the tights rights of German e ex ex- ex porters Several everal countries already have ha laid claim to exemption from front the paper and pulp duties on similar grounds and It IE It expected that within a a. short time every nation that exports pulp or low grade piper paper paper pa pi- per will have havo registered at the state department department de tie- applications for equal privileges with Canada Through John Morris the American Publishers' Publishers association also has filed tiled with the state department a a. plea that the applications of oC these countries be immediately allowed on the grounds that to require the thc Importers to make test cases would not be e equivalent to the immediate action contemplated Inthe Inthe in inthe the favored nation clauses of the treaties under which the claims are preferred Secretary Knox today said he regarded the matter as aK one requiring the action o of the president and the secretary of the and it Is evident that he will not himself act unless Instructed to do so taking the ground that the question In Involved involved in- in voWed is purely legal and not diplomatic In its present aspect |