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Show AMERICAN SEAMEN OFTEN STRANDED Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb 16. American seamen when they sign for voyages to Scandinavian ports should be extremely careful to see that the contract reads for a return voyage. If Americans are discharged In Scandinavian Scan-dinavian harbors It is next to Impossible Impossi-ble for them to obtain berths and they run the great risk of becoming In desperate circumstances. Many Americans not being American seamen sea-men by profession, but having come here as seamen under foreign flags, are at present stranded in Copenhagen and Edward . Winslow, the Americ an consul general, is at his wits end to care for them. 1 will do my best." he said, "to get them home. But conditions are no longer normal In (. openhagen and work of any kind, especially for foreigners, for-eigners, is difficult to obtain." |