Show BRITISH P P IS NOT controversy OVER ENCE WITH MAILS BY BRITISH AND FRENCH VESSELS ambassadors to england and france instructed to aek ask complete an wera ewers to recent Prot Pro erta texts of the united states washington instruct instructions ions to IM press upon the britten british and french eov ern ments that the united states desires an early and complete reply to its last note regarding interference with edits mails were cabled by the state department monday to dor pago page at london and ambassador sharp at paris parts the step was taken after president deat wilson and other officials had studied the british memorandum dealing with specific compla bits and deferring bubul the future a reply to the flu 6 content contentions foris regarding tho principle principles involved the of official fl cla I 1 text of the demoran dum made public by the state depart ment reveals thit great feel feels obliged to disclaim responsibility tor for the specific occurrences complained of la in thu tho american note until there has been opportunity of investigating in detail in that conn connection tion it Is point ed out that there have been many in stances of complaints which on exam proved to arise from the wrong direction of at letters the irregular sail ings of neutral mall mail boats and from other similar causes entirely outside the control of his majestia majest ya govern ment one of the subjects left for consid aeration in the allies forthcoming final reply Is the american complaint re garding money order hats lists which aich it Is declared linN involves olves question of prin ciple an on which consultation between those governments govern mens Is still in progress I 1 in replying to the complaint begird ing mall mail removed from the steamship some of which later was lost on the mecklenburg the memorandum says the facts set forth by the united staten are correct except that it Is not made clear though it Is the fart fact that the neutral mall mail bags removed from the medin were all bent sent on and that bags lost in the mecklenburg were ere without exception for enemy des ti tin atlon the communication concludes tua that the specific speLl fic complaints in the ameri amerl can note do not support the general charges as against dinst the efficiency ot of the british censorship which the govern ment ot of the united states han hae e put plit forward for ard |