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Show INQUIRY MESSAGE SENIJO ALLIES GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE A8KED TO EXPLAIN THEIR JOINT COMMUNICATION. Message, Understood to be of a Broad Character, Asking .What Actual Practice Will be In Enforcement Enforce-ment of Embargo. Washington. Although Secretary Bryan declines to mnko any announce ments, tho general Impression In offl cial quarters Is that tho messago ol Inquiry which has bqen under consld oration for sovorul days finally hat been sent to Great Britain and Franco, asking for a clear explana tion of their rrecent Joint communlca tlon declaring that they hold them BolveB at liberty to stop all commerce between Germany nnd neutral coun tries. Reports that tho inquiry has beet sent were generally current Sunda) and met with no denial by high offl clals, who, howover, havo alwayB do cltned to discuss communications tc tho European belligerents in advance of their receipt In the foreign of flees abroad. Tho message of lnqulrj Is understood to be of a broad char actor, designed to ascertain what tin actual practlco of the allies will bo ii tho enforcement of their embargo what disposition will bo in ado of car goes and uhips detained, what proce duro will be adopted In the caso oi shipments consigned to neutral coun tries and alleged to bo destined to at enemy; what settlement will be made for cargoes contracted for before the declaration wsb made, and whethei dye stuffs and other materials whicb England will permit her nationals te import cannot aUo bo obtained bj merchants of the United States. |