Show REPLY TO PROTEST GIVE RENEWED PROMISES concerning SEIZURE OF NEUTRAL MAILS claim that as americans Amerl cani admit right night of censorship for purely war purposes they cannot object to reasonable delays basht washington agton memorandums from the british and french govern ments replying to the american pro test against seizures es of neutral malls were ere delivered on thursday to the state department by tho the embassies here the text teu wati waa not mado made public but the allies are understood to give renewed re promises that every effort will be made to minimize delay and annoyance caused by examination but to insist upon certain legal rights in regard to malls which the united states hai hag denied the principal complaint ot of the american government has been based on oil the contention that many vessels have been diverted front from tile tha high seas into british ports in order to give g ivo the british censors jurisdiction there Is no indication that the new memoria dum makes any concession of pie on that point reply Is made in the memorandum to the american note 0 of may 24 characterizing acter izing th tb allies treatment treal ineat of malls as a only a radical change in the present british and french policy restoring the united states to its full rights its as a neutral power wilt will satisfy the government the allies claim that as the united states admits the right of censorship for purely purel war purposes it cannot rightfully object to reasonable ren delays inevitable to that censorship the new communication Is the second to como come from that allies in the malls controversy which began january J andary 4 with the united states entering a vig orous protest against unwarranted in ter ference with inviolable nail mall which was regarded girded rc as anquist the I 1 he allies replied february 15 citing numerous cases whore con tr abaid had been shipped to germany Ci ermany by b parcel post and stating staling that parcel post therefore roust must bo be considered not as mall mail but as ordinary dle dise it was promised however that the allies would w retrain refrain on the high seat seas from seizing letter mall mail |