| Show us G L A I 1 n fin 11 1 16 RIGHT TO id SINK OUR SHIPS GERMANY REJECTS POINTS URO tit lt BY UNITED STATES IN WILLIAM P FRYE CASE interprets Inter preta the prussian P ruse a n american treaty of 1828 to mean that american vessels carrying con laband can be destroyed washington gormany germany in a note on the william P frye an american ship sunk by the prinz altel friedrich has informed the united states that it interprets the tha prussian amer lean ican treaty of 1828 to moan mean that american vessels carrying contraband can bo be destroyed payment la Is promised for the destruction but tho the right to destroy Is asserted as a logical inference from tho ilia language ot of tile the treaty la in reiterating that she stands ready to pay damages tor for the losses to american citizens occasioned by the sinking ot of tho the frye germany insists that a prize court must first pass on the legality ot of the capture ot of the iha vessel the argument advanced by the united states that a prize court is unnecessary since compensation la is promised whenever there is D a violation of the treaty ot at 1828 to Is rejected the liability for th v sinking 0 of tile the frye is still admitted but germany contends tile the case was not a violation ot of the treaty just what the reply ot of the united states will be is not known definitely but in official quarters it 11 la is considered certain that the american Ame government will not acquiesce in the new interpretation given the treaty by germany |
