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Show REPRISAL ACT I IHRKED I Ship Owners Would Replace f0 Vessels Sunk by Germans H by Taking Interned Ships in Port. jL? Paris April 16. 4:46 a. m. M. Lc- I gusles de Mezauban, president of th j I Britanny Owners' association, has ruk- ' '. , f gested that the minister of marlno i I replace each ship belonging to th I -V: lallles sunk b a German submarine ;by a vessel of corresponding size from among the 278 German ships detained l at French ports since the beginning : !of the war This M. de Mezauban believes be-lieves would cause German ship owners own-ers to do their utmost to Induce Em " V T peror William to put a stop to a j :.l method of warfare the cost of which L.,7! was borne by them. ;' ' The proposal of M de ?Iezauban . has been taken into consideration by H the French government but, before v it can be put into execution, an ar- v rangement must be reached with the I British authorities. |