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Show TO GRANT REQUEST SHIP FLYING THE AMERICAN FLAG WILL BE CAPTURED IF SHE SAILS FOR ROTTERDAM. Owner of Vessel Declares He Will Load Cargo of Cotton at Galveston and TcUt the Issue in the Prize Court. Washington The British government govern-ment announced Thursday night through its embassy here that if the iormer Hamburg-American liner Dacia proceeded to sea she would be captured cap-tured and taken to a prize court. Her :argo of cotton will be purchased by :he British government or forwarded co Rotterdam without further expense ;o the shippers, according as the own-5rs own-5rs may prefer. The state department had communicated commun-icated this information informally to ;he owners of the Dacia as a result of i message from Ambassador Page and was notified in reply that the vessel vas loading at Galveston and would put to sea, notwithstanding the British Brit-ish government's position. It was be-.ieved be-.ieved that the owners had resolved :o test the issue in a prize court. Incidentally, the war risk insurance oureau of the American government m Thursday issued a policy insuring ;he cotton cargo at 4 per cent, but declined de-clined to insure the vessel itself. |