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Show FLOUR IS RELEASED. ! England Does Not Consider Bread- i stuffs Contraband. London, Jan. 10. The American flour J seized off Delagoa Bay has been re- leased. United States Ambassador Choate had an interview M'ith the Marquis Mar-quis of Salisbury this afternoon and i received a verbal reply to the repre- I sentations of the Washington govern- j ment. The British note on this subject M-as serut later to the United States embassy. em-bassy. The gist of it M-as cabled to Washington. In brief, foodstuffs are not considered contraband of M-ar unless un-less intended for the enemy. The foreign office only arrived at a decision today, and it M-as not until after Mr. Choate's interview M-ith the Marquis of Salisbury that a note embodying em-bodying the provisions was draM-n up. Several of the government's advisers wanted to make a regulation regarding canned goods, but this M-as decided to be impracticable. The decision to make flour and grain in transit to the enemy contraband is evidently hedged in by many difficulties difficul-ties of execution, but the foreign office believes that investigation will generally gener-ally determine M-hether the grain is meant for consumption at Lourenzo Marquez or in the Transvaal. Mr. Choate cabled Lord Salisbury's note to the state department at Washington Wash-ington tonight, and Colonel Hay is expected ex-pected to reply accepting the terms. The latter step was not taken by Mr. Choate, as he had first to receive authority au-thority from the state department to do so. |
