Show 1 I TO GRANT CHANT REQUEST SHIP FLYING THE AMERICAN FLAG WILL BE CAPTURED IF SHE SAILS FOR ROTTERDAM owner of vessel de declare cli he will load caro carlo of cotton at galveston exton and helst the du issue in the prize court washington the british government announced thursday night through its embassy here that if the former hamburg american Amerl can liner dacia proceeded to sea she would be captured and taken to a prize court her cargo of cotton will be purchased by the british government or forwarded to rotterdam without further expense to the shippers according as the owners may prefer the state department had communicated this information informally to he the 0 owners ners of the dacia as a result of a message from ambassador page and was notified in reply that the vessel vas aa loading at galveston and would put to sea notwithstanding the british governments position it was believed that the owners had resolved to test the issue in a prize court incidentally the war risk insurance bureau of the american government on thursday issued a policy insuring the cotton cargo at 4 per cent but declined to insure the vessel itself |