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Show BRITISH MAKE 1 CONCESSIONS I Will Allow American Pur- v"!j' chases From Germany to ill Reach Destination. 'Ill Washington, Aug. 30. Concession rjj'l in the enforcement against American 'Illli commerco of tho British order in ! i 1 council were announced today as a re- hII'I suit of official negotiations Just com- ! B fir II pleted by the foreign trade advisers V fji of the state department. ' ! ll 1. 1 The British ambassador Cecil t i fpl Spring-Rice assured the trad advls- rfMifi ers that their Informal representations 'ill In cases where the British orders have j ' c caused "undue hardship" to American , fi I commerce, will, receive special con- 'flji'i sideration. ' ! H sjl Information In the hands of the ' n jl sate department that private brokers ; i jl were securing permits In London for k1 j" special shipments of American goods 'f M m from Rotterdam, while the trade ad- 'i f s, visers were unable even to present t 10 special cases, was transmitted to Lon- : fc fill don, : jK M Tho ambassador called at the state l,'h 5 department personally to explain the , E jl extent of the British concessions. - f jg which are especially Intended to meet F "I the growing complaint of American ' jE i J importers that their Christmas trade ', m "jl is threatened by failure to obtain ',; ' jl goods made In Germany and Austria, '( i1 jl for which they had contracted. t $ jjl Generally speaking, it is the Inten- (;.S jR tion of the British government to , jjE permit the passage through' the block- 1; ) tjC ade lines of goods for which the i h American importers have entered into I ! h! y contract with German and Austrian ' ! r 11 firms. Heretofore It has been re- . $ 11 quired that the money shall have act- Hil j ( ually been paid for the goods. Now, fy n it will be sufficient to show that they 7 M were regularly contracted for and f ijl III that the American importer is really tt j( ? the person responsible for them and 'ltP title rests, with him. Goods valued ' fe jjlj at many millions of dollars have ac- rllllBl cumulated at Rotterdam and await ' tjj II transportation to the United States. Jl mHI The order applies to these but wheth- .'4 Hi er it will extend to goods yet In Ger- j LLfi I man factories, but under contract for 'I'l E delivery on this side of tho Atlantic, !. jj jl I is yet undetermined I Hlj I The success of private Interests in ! filll London represented by special attor- ill I neys in securing the release of about i rjlfil $600,000 worth of such goods now on 'If Si the docks, Is explained at the British ! till embassy here as due to the fact thai J lini the local attorneys there were able to t I j II I secure and present to the British au- ',y,j thoritles the proof required as to the ' 1 f character of the goods and the condl . !" r J I tions of contract. Now It Is planned ! ; j, HI to permit American importers to pre j' fjjl sent proof at the British embassy i j Q 1 1 here, which, It is believed will greatly E jj Rr facilitate importations. J JL - The entire responsibility for the 'jj'li holding up of dyestuffs of German 'I'll1 manufacture intended for America is : I I placed by the British authorities upon U the German government and It is al- f jjj J leged that a contrary fm'pression has IS j been sought to be created because of hI jj ill feeling against Great Britain. To JW set itself straight in this matter, the l British embassy today issued the fol- E, jl lowing statement: jj p "On April 14 a formal notice was ig jjj ( issued by the British government A that they would allow vessels carry- jHffl ing two shipments of dyestuffs, which js'f were paid for by delivery in Germany q j I I. of certain cotton cargoes, to pass jj I J without interference provided the ves- j $ j sels sailed under a neutral flag; that Jl a the shipments were made from Rot- jj $ terdam and the dyestuffs consigned I .ft to the secretary of commerce for dis- 1 3, tribution directly to the textile Indus- J tries. ' ?; j "This offer, which was refused by j; Germany, still holds good." '6 nl n . fe 'I |
