Show alawi TO CONTROL WORLD SHIPPING ALLIES ADOPT MEASURES TO MEET SHORTAGE DUE TO SUBMARINE operations entente allies will be given first call on ibee ase of available tonnage and the neutrals will be given the next consideration london the continued depletion of oc the worlds supply ot of tonnage us as a ro re 1 cult 1 alt of the operations of 0 the submarines of the central powers will ie be met by an increase in stringent measures by which tile tho entente allies de sign to control shipping so as aa to in III suro sure its being used to tile tho best addan age ol of tho the allies and prevent it even indirectly sliding their opponents ac cording to a statement nude made by lord robert cecil minister of war trade lord robert declared that it could not bo be expected thit that british facilities should bo be expended on ships carryl carrying ng goods to blacklisted firms and nd that the entente allies will increase their shipping measures in fit making the beat uso use of available tonnage in fit proportion as tile the germans Ger mins succeed in ili destroying merchant ships tile tho minister said that as a matter of course tho the entente allies would v be favored as regards the use of tonnage and that neutrals engaged in allied trade or in ili unsuspected neutral trade would be given tile the next consideration er era tion atlon lord robert said that the answer or of great creat britain to tho the american governments ern ments protest against tile the seizure of malls mails would bo be sent to washington almost immediately and that the reply to the american protest with regard to the blacklist imposed by the entente allies would follow shortly |