Show I I I THAT SEIZURE OF FLOUR of the American Shipment Were Taken Into the tho Affair Will Progress the tho Line of Procedure New ew York Dee Dec sll to the tho Tribune from Crom Washington says SAS The Tho nt at th the depart m nt Is miot Ilot at alt all disturbed ver iver the legal a alid m P cantlie by warshIps of British and Dutch met mer vesselS bound for flay with carora from tho th United states The officials express con confidence that thin BrItish government will maka fun full r for tor any act committed by its naval If IC It turns tunis out to have been Illegal or unjustifiable and the they profess a profound conviction that Englishmen are not taking an any h hazard zard ous chances just dust nt at present of antagonizing any considerable popular ole ele element mont ment In America It Is not lIot known to time tho secretary or of state whether the owned In Inthis inthis this country countr have actually been con can nor precisely what articles Great Britain proposes to regard recard us IU contraband during durin time the continuance ot of the thc South African war var It Is said that eer een on becoming engaged tn in hostilities I makes makos Its own on rul rules s IlS as rigid or 01 as lax ia as 88 the occasion seems to dt mand and seldom takes fl other othor nations Into Its on the subject t This was time case calle when hien the war IM with Spain began Neither nation having sub to the clause of oC the trent treaty of Paris Il a was Is Issued issued sued IJ by till the President announcing ad I boston to 0 Its provisions The queen reo re regent gent Issued a decree c which while reo re reserving serving thu th right or of an announced that letters of lUll e would not be granted hut Spain did not In an nominee what cour course o she Intended to In other matters nor did the tho United States Slates except In confidential general orders to nn naval I fix an any definite policy as to seizures and contraband The supreme serenity or of the state do de regarding the flour seizures is Ia best Illustrated b by the tho steps stells al already road ready taken to ascertain the facts or of orthe the case whIch are aro an essential pro to further action netlon On the re of complaints from ex CX porters that their products had been detained lint and that their delivery at the neutral Port lorl ot of destination Delagoa Hn flay bad been n refused time the secretary or of state immediately Immediate the complaInts to Choate at London and Consul Hollis at Pre Pretoria tor toria for and report These Thes notes ont b moll mail and Mr Choate has hns barely receIved his own b by this time white while that or of Consul will reach Inoh him he ore March MarchI I 1 1900 As s agents or of the tho tate state depart meat ment reply to communications by the tho same means of transmissIon ns as time the lash query quer no Information Is opt allt to b be In the possession of the au an In Washington for or weeks or manthe Time The reason that there WAtt was no resort to the cable to determine whether loon lean Interests have hac beim Injudiciously affected Is round found In enl over oer II a year ear ago whim when standing ot of and oth b by cruls I n notions nations that this govern meat ment In its admiralty courts would de time till merits of o each ench case CARt nil as rapId b lyas UI at a being amenable for damages lii In th the case or of every mis lake and nOlI that th the greater the mistake and thu tho long th ha d delay the greater be his tho to be 00 satisfied The Tho eon On shown by torel foreigners nora whose had been bien captured last year and sent nt under prIze creva to mer Ir IrOn n ports or of was waD ox eX tu to this goo gov which WOUld ouid have been Imail neutral gov go b by a show It If impatience forced time the executive Into time the attItude t the judiciary The point ohm dAb make mAko is hi that thE British imperial in London are aN not yet ot oro acquainted with all al th the facts In the ties dc tiesa v a I vhf t th south coast of 01 Africa than are Am American officials aI sa tImes ebbs I did not fly lIy the tho American hag there thero Is no nation nl Ft affront involved for drastic measures Of as th the Alliance was fired on or when Captain brought to time the In tho latter r clUe case the government nt made madu no complaint whatever I INe Ne New York Yerk 1 three o 11 whose Vh o cargoes b n with lJ by lit at bay bar barthe baythe the Beatrice the tho and the faria time the two firM t nAmed being ElIg 1111 and amid the tho third G carried 1 mog other American about OOOO barrels o of flour l II by the I ani coin p pithy ny and It Is believed In the absence noe or of snore definite information from the soot seat or of the Ihl trouble that It wan this ship shiv mont that caused the Eng ng Ish hish warships to take notion nollon the advice find and opinions or of In International law Is being sought bt b regarding flout as a 0 contra contraband contraband band ot of war warThe warTime Time The ew York agents agent ot of the milling company n admitted that their entire shipment Oil on the tho three for Do De lagoa oo bt bay WS voe consigned to burg although they disclaim any know knowledge ledge or of its Hs Intended for u ure by th time Doer government S 4 J 3 Toome one or of the milling corn com said eld that tM they sore not noL certain whether heir t been seized or hat the v vessels had aim ply been warned at away from I Marquee In either case he ha said his I company compan was left In n a l meat mente owing to the fact that thaL the vat var looM Iou papers dealing with time the shIpment had gone by mall mail to Johann Johannesburg houses and It could not be 00 recovered toly Wo We have hac no other shipments In transit to Lo fortunately said Mid rr Toomey and under time the circum stances It Is not likely that wo we will vIlI have S U D Edye or of Flint Edo Com Coni puny who had shipments on time tho do de tamed when tC seen n 1 yesterday mad light ot of the tho whole question The Tho Rlue ahue of o our entire shipment Ite does not exceed Cd It cOn slated or of ordinary mostly canned goods and was or of not much un Im Importance Wt Wr are perfectly erectly confident S tha t the British government whatever disposition Is ot of the goods will ell for them n as I do not think It will nut n needless k s obstacles tn In the Iho way or it American merchants The chief chic Importance ot of this matter of oC course ties 1 8 In its relation to International law Inquiries nt at the various steamship om develop the fact than none ot of the vessels el I no now en n route from this port to South Africa has any f shipments tot Cor bay Edward N Norton ot of t Sons Son agents for the tho three detained on the African y We will receive goods for Cor delivery delhery in Dela on bay but bul with r rp vision that t we will not nol be responsible for their delivery ShIppers are naturally oily ally to take this and III at present Loronzo lorenzo is 19 practically eliminated from Crom our lists of ports herbert rt ot Barber Barbor corn com pony In l q strain trig Ing bay shipments I |