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Show BRAZIL MAY RAISE SHIP SEQUESTRATION PARIS, Thursday, Oct. 11. Maurice Long, minister of provisions, was asked In the chamber of deputies wheher ho believed tho soquestratlon of German vessels In Brazil could be raised. Tho minister replied that ho not only hoped so but he believed that ho could assure the house that this tonnage was at tho disposal of tho allies for use in carrying food. Brazil severed diplomatic relations with Germany on April 11, 1917, and seized sixteen Gorman merchant ships, aggregating 240,779 tons tied up in Brazilian harbors. On Soptomber 5 the Brazilian minister of marine announced an-nounced that hfB government would not lease the German ships to the cntonte allies. |