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Show British Threaten to Retaliate. Although only one protest has so far been filed with the state department depart-ment by European powers against the ratification of the Cuban treaty, it is learned that polite but pointed inquiries inquir-ies have supplemented the note filed by the British ambassador from other parties in interest, notably Franca and other European beet sugar producing countries. In advance of the consummation consum-mation of the treaty, of course no open threat could be made, but events are shaping themselves so as to arouse the expectation by the officials here that "Europe will retaliate against what it regards as the unjust discrimination discrimi-nation agianst European goods that would be involved in the application of the Cuban treaty. |