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Show I GREAT BRITAIN I IS CONFERRING III May Decide to Change the Or II II ders in Council on Ger- l man Goods. all j mi Washington, Sept, 3. Conferences 4111 tiow in progress between Great Brit- I fi ain and France over the general sub- J ip Ject of trade out of neutral European ill ports are expected to result in a def- jp Inite anouncement of condition un- m der which Great Britain will author- j ize relaxations of its ordcrs-in-councll (ini to Permit the shipme-nt of German or h AuBtrian-ma.de gooJB to the United j 8 States. A statement Issued tonight by the Pi I state department revealed that Am- ft E baBsador Page at London had been in- Sh formed of these conferences, and told UM that an answer might be expected at jjjjjll a later date to his Informal inquiry Ri 1 ns to WQat treatment would be aocord- I fi ed applications for shipment penults yiiji made through tbo department's for- o ro eign trade advisers as unofficial rep- MW reBentatives of Americans owing to jjP millions of dollars worth of merchan- J 1 d,se now heId up at Rottcrdam- Tno Jli department's statement follows: dm "Many importers are laboring under mM r mistaken impression in regard to Great Britain's attitude touching the 3 bringing forward of goods of German Id origin. They seem to believe that Ji2 goods contracted for prior to March MjI i w legal liability or payment, are JjflB now freely coming forward and that rjli applications will be received by the jfJH British embassy at this capital. This UH is an error. fJII Enquire as to Permits. JJh "The American consul general at lR London Informed the department that I'll! attorneys on tho ground were obtain- jjl'I inB permits for such goods upon ccr- II tain conditions which wore not specl- Uk fically stated. Ambassador Page was lift Immediately instructed to take up tho lj; matter informally with tho British ilHf foreign office and to inquire through ilill what channels applications for per- ;J mlts were being received and what ,J treatment would be accorded appll- !J H cations made through the foreign J(lR trade advisers as unofficial repre- ijj llffi sentatives of tho American owners as iLjKtf in cases prior to June 15, jfjll "A cablegram wes received Septem- il ber 1 from Ambassador Page report- Sl ing in effect that tno British govern- fj ment had replied that the questions ll 1 propounded are connected with the Iff f general question of shipments from 71 1 neutral ports, now under discussion, El w about which the French government Tjll is being consulted and an answer i)JK might be expected at a later date. ijilff "The department 1 now sending a ilpR cablegram to the nmbassador stating till that tlle ArnerIcan importers not rcp- llS resented by private attorneys in Lon- jljl don feel that they should receive no- ItJS Uce of any relaxation of the aplica- rlfli tIon tne Brltlsh order-in-council in dill regard to goods owned bv them in jM Rotterdam and are now entitled to rJflfl full information as to whether their ill aplication8 would be received in Lon-'Ml Lon-'Ml v dn or by the British embassy here 111!, through tho unofficial aid of the for- U eign trade advisers." mMI on |