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Show COAL PROBLEM ACUTE. I Washington, Jan. IS Destruction I of nllied merchant ships by enemv I submarines is making the ocean trans i portatlon problems In the entente 'countries so acute, according to official offi-cial dispatches received here today, that oven the fixing of maximum rates on coal transportation has failed to reliove the eoal shortage in France and Italy Neutral vessels are refusing refus-ing to carry coal from British ports to the allied countries, as neutral ports offer better rates |