Show ENGLAND CONCEDES AMERICAN CLAIM UNITED STATES NOT INVOLVED BY ARRANGEMENTS MADE CONCERNING CONCERNING CONCERNING CON CON- COTTON CARGOES Representatives of American Meat Mea Packers Are Now Attempting to Bring About Release of Shipments Shipments Shipments Ship Ship- ments Valued at Millions A Washington A formal statement designed to clear up misunderstandIng misunderstand misunderstand- Ing over the participation by the state deP departments department's foreign trade advisers in unofficial arrangements regarding cotton cargoes was handed the de department department de' de on Monday by Sir Cecil Cecil- Spring Rice the British ambassador It says the British government quite realizes the unofficial arrangements In hi no way involved the United States government Representatives of American mea meat packers who hae have been protesting for months against Great Britain's holdIng holding hold hold- Ing log up up of their products shipped t neutral European nations conferred here with their counsel Alfred Urion who has been in England since January January Janu Jams ary attempting to bring about release of shipments valued at millions of dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars The state department on Monday announced d the they receipt of a cablegram from the American ambassador at Berlin as as follows Foreign office states that it did not intend to leave unanswered the note in the William P. P Frye case ease or to reply reply re re- reply ply by sending the ship to prize court A formal reply shortly will be besent sent While under the German laws th the action of the prize court In Issuing issuing issuing ing the motion is Imperative It remains remains remains re re- re- re mains totally Independent of of dip diplomatic diplo diplomatic o- o matic negotiations |