Show BRITISH 16 NOT satisfactory controversy OVER interference WITH MAILS BY BRITISH AND FRENCH VESSELS ambassadors to england and france instructed to ask ak complete an ewers to recent protests of the united states washington instructions to IM press preas upon the british and french governments ern ments menti that tile the united states desires an early and complete reply to its last note regarding interference with neutral waft malls were cabled by the state department monday to ambassador page at london and ambassador sharp at paris the stop step was taken after president wilson and other officials had studied tile the british memorandum dealing with specific complaints and deterring until the future a reply to the american contentions regarding the principles involved the official text of the memorandum made public by the state department reveals that great feels obliged to disclaim responsibility for the specific occur occurrences bences complained of in the american Americ Amb rican annote note there has haa been opportunity of investigating in detail in that connection it Is pointed out that there have been many marly instances of complaints compla lnla which on axim proved to arise from the wrong direction of letters the irregular sailings inge of neutral mall mail boats and from other ili similar milar causes entirely outside the control of his maje government one of the subjects loft left for consideration in the allies forthcoming final reply Is the american complaint regarding money order lists which it Is declared involves question of principle on which consultation between those governments government govern mena Is still in progress in replying to the complaint regarding mall mail removed from the ano steamship some of which later was lost on the mecklenburg the memorandum says the facts set forth by the united states are correct except that it Is not nol guide clear rlena though it is the fact that the neutral mall mail bags removed from the gednn avedan were all sent on and unit that bugs bags lost in the mecklenburg ware without exception for enemy des tilla inn tion HOD tho the communication concludes that the specific complaints in the american americ c an note do not support the general charges against the efficiency of the british censorship which the govern anent of the united states have put forward |