| Show STRONGLY t r 4 ACTION A G ti an OF 0 F ALLIES L I 1 ae VL UNITED STATES WILL OBJECT TO restrictions IMPOSED ON NEUTRAL COMMERCE british action kae has no precedent in law or history Hi etory and Su porters of administration believe vigorous protest should be made V washington ashington president wilson indicated to callers on tuesday that a strong protest would bo be made by the united state states go government against the action of great britain and her allies in subjecting neutral commerce to the numerous restrictions imposed on it by the britini order in council just issued senator walsh of montana on an au dhority on international law und and one of tho administrations spokesmen in defense of the legal side of the ship VIM purchase huse bill t length with the president tuesday night about the situation he lie had come to the white house on another subject but found tho the situ situation atlon produced by the corn com mercial blockade uppermost in the presidents mind As he left the white house senator walsh said the british action had no precedent in law or history and that an unusually vigorous protest should be made against it he ile spoke of the general regret among senators now that before the last congress ad journea power had not been given ghen to the president to declare an eni embargo bargo on exports from froni tho united states to the belligerents he added hoe however L r he abd 1 no idea that the president would call any extra session for that purpose officials who studied the british or der in council in the text as trans bitted by ambassador page and the british embassy found differences in it from the version erslon in the cable dispatches but would not indicate uli whether ether they were ere of an important character their adli displeasure pleasure c at the content contents of the order was evident and they made no effort to conceal their disappointment at its failure to give american commerce relief from inter terence ference while hile in transit to neutral countries |
