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Show SWEDEN APPEALS TO UNITED STATES ASKS AID OF NEUTRALS IN FORC ING ENGLAND TO DESIST FROM ATTACKS. Detention of Mail by Great Britain and Other Aggressions Against Trade Regarded by Sweden as Unwarranted. Washington. Another note from Sweden has been addressed to the state department 'through Minister Ekengren, appealing to the United States for co-operation with the Swedish government and other neutral neu-tral nations to maintain the preservation preserva-tion of rules of international law concerning con-cerning the protection of neutral commerce and navigation. Action is proposed particularly against Great Britain because of the detention of mail by that country and other aggressions against trade, regarded re-garded toy Sweden as unwarranted. Secretary Lansing informed the minister, it was learned Thursday, that he could not answer the note until un-til the controversy with Germany over the Lusitanla case was settled. This latest communication, addressed address-ed to Secretary Lansing and signed by Mr. Ekengren, was presented recently re-cently after such a proposal had ibeen advanced and discussed from time to time, but until Thursday the fact did not become known. |