New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1915, Page 13

1 d.in Memorandum.to +Made to American -Lm*, Ington, Suue 25.—United ;ovemment offfeials today had comidoraqnn in “connection Be new-American note. to Great _Concerning - delays to neutral fee the latest British memor- Jon the subject, British note, which was pub- y. bere and in London; ex- Qetail measures taken by government to minimize lences to' neutral commerce order in council. The claim however, that American cit- have no Jjust grounds for comn- on account of the treatment Itheir cargoes. nciples Not Answered. nited States, in “its commun- now. in ‘course of preparation, ! its protest of March the principles in the order in The ' British memorandum attempt to-answer the prin- @eserted in the note of . that oll. . merican note probatly will re- ‘&\e British memorandum, ‘but y=aid. today. that the manner of the order in council wouid ‘treated as relevant to th it issue—whether - there nt'in international law: for ers: that Great Britain and -have assumed to exericse commerce of the world. s ‘Various Favors, Wilso_n Tells of Concessions thppers—-’l‘rymg to Aid Neutrals, . to confiscate ships or. cargoes, which belligerents had always previously | claimed in respect to breeches of | blockade; ‘that, under Article 5 (1) of the enactment of the eleventh aof bursuance of the provision of that en actment, might forthwith issue a ert against the proper officer af tho crown, the, object being to confer upon claimants the right to institute pro-| ceedings without waliting for the writ : lnf the procurator general, and thus lay, and that, finally, a pacific as- surance was given to the United States government that the instru government to the’ fleet, and to the customs officials and executive affi- them the duty of acting with the ut- | most dispatch consistent with the ob. ! ject in view, and of showing in every | cese such 'consideration for neutrals as might be campatible with that ob- Jject, namely, to prevent vossels carry- ing’ goods for, or coming from the enemy’s territory. To Alloviate .Burdens. —The above measures were all designed to ‘alleviate the biirdens im- posed upon neutral; sea-borne com- merce in. general. ' Varfous special : concessions over ‘and &bove those ' ‘enumerated, have, . mareover, been | i | i the Bflfleh memorandum the variofis favors shown. ‘of cargoes sent al United - States; says that ‘have actéd-with - th= patch in showing in’ every consideration | for neutrals be compatible ‘with the ob- lew to prévent vessels from 3 fim,d!- for or coming' from ’ territory, and -points out est desire. of . Great Brltahh e all canse. of unavoidable‘de- ling . with Amerlcnn .car- { rican unbssaudor at:Lon- \Q“ d secrefin'y of state' ' ad can Embz r “London, June.22,-1915, ‘Crewe, In charge of Foreigu ng Sir. Bdward Gréy’s. temn- tenee, . just.... handed . . me rnomornndum dated June not Q,h ‘answer to- th prin- it} etaiming’ the ‘a k n: of , conérete the regulations under which dealt ;with, - - Foreign office. arrange for . slmultaneous. here and - 'in Washington f 25th inst., Please tele- this date . is. satisfactory. @endum reads as follows:—. ‘His majesty’s ~government sflvup occasions, and .nots he. cnmmunlclt{ons which , to’ the United States r ofi the fifteenth of March assurances to the United ernthent that ‘they woulis hein first aim to minimize venience which must inevit- caused to neutral commerce ¢ exstence of a state of war , ‘and In particular, from’the | s taken by the allied govern- or the restriction of the en- | ‘oversea trade. in view of the ntation and complaints -mads department. by the ambassa. time to time as to the pe- ardships alleged to have beea inflicted on American trade pping by the opsrztlon of those @ oy | zens. on bo&l'd not later thun lhe 16th . of made in favor of United States. citi- “ ‘4—Thus his majesty’s govern- ment have acted as regards shipments of ‘American; cotton . in ‘accordance with the yrov'ulnnl of an. arrange- ment arrived at in direct collaboration with representatives, of American cot- ton interests. In accepting this scheme, " the :principal representative of ‘those interests describefl it as.con- ceding all that Amerle@8 . interests could properly mmoflsions‘ i United | as ‘fol. | States ambaasa lor*: & ¥ 1 ~cotton” for* which <on- ©f “sale and Yreight ‘' engage- ments ‘have already been made’ by- (fore the 2nd ‘of ‘March is to be al- flowed ‘free ‘(or hought at contract price If stopped) provided .the . ship sails’ not” later’ than the’ tmrty-nm of March.- /- 5 (2)—~Simflnr treatment iz to he accurded to’ all ‘cotton insurcd beto-e _the 2ndl.ef {March; -provided it is-put lpméfl"s f cotton ?qve protéction are to e ,declared Before sailing and docu- monls prodiaced to, and certificates ohtained lrom, consular ‘officers’ ' or other au horlty ;i by the g(nern— nsiderable shipments ‘of already 'been dealt with under this mrmgement, and in cert tain” dases’ ihe- dates specified *hays 000 pounds stquing i ican _clalmants, and all belng the proofs of title can be checked. !ber of consignments for which the American shippers had specifically in- veked the protection of the arrange- ment, are now claimed by Swedish and Dutch firms, whose title 'of ownl ership, notwithstanding the action of the American shippers appears in Mareh,’ it was expressly provided that | any person claiming to be interested ' in goods placed in the prize court in! es. his majesty’s government , Scme cases to be valid, and in others “to0 offer. ;;J. fznogmg obfehlhls led to the issue of -writs in tne respecuns the qnumer in ey - ‘have consistently en- | to give ‘practical effect to mm L1t will be recalled that, at the hen his majesty’s govern. flunounced their - measures my_commerce; they de- mténmm refrain alto- the exercise of the right fme Confidence and Ambition | Returns in 6 Days. should any = nervous, - rup- erworked, ambitionless. man han continuc to try #nd lhide Weakness from the world when § Nerve-Aid Tablets’ ate’ guafi- by Clark & Brainerd Co., Ri- geman Drug Store to make on who lacks confidence and feel 50 per cent. better in 6 ‘money ‘back? . ist Begy, the man Who made ne famous, cares not what | ts or excuses have wrecked erves, he guarantees Begy’s Afd - Tablets to restore your M8nce and ambition,. (o -stop g , to make your mind keen ur body vigorous and active. | Erotis. box costs but 50 cents. w!' trial treatmeat, by mail for 10 cents from Begy Medi 4 prize court. ! knmowledged' by ‘the special - represen- ‘ '(6)—It has ‘been explicitly ac- tatives of the Ameérican ' claimants, WwHo have been in constant and-direct communication with the Board of Trade, that all the claims so far sub- mitted under the cotton arrangement have been settled with the' utmost premptitude so soon as the production of the necessary documents by the claimants allawed of this being done. There is, at the present moment, no claim Before his'majesty’s government that has not beén paid, and the sums 80" paid over are already consider- ably in"excess of the amounts realized by the sale of the goods. Facts and Vigures. “‘(7) As regards the more general ailegation of delay in dealing with cases of detained cargoes, the follow- ing facts and fifures may be quoted: . “'The total number of vessels which having cleared from United States vorts since the initiation of there- {aliatory measures ~against > German iradé, are still detained in United Kingdcm ports, is - twenty-seven; of [‘thie number, eight ‘are discharging { cotton ‘which his majesty’s govern- sment has agreed to purchase under the above arrangement., Of the re- maining nineteen vessels, seven are iree to, depart so soon as the items of their ¢argo placed in' the . prizo | court have been discharged. other twelve, of which tiree only are | te remove all principal cause of le-| | gitimate grievances on account of de- | tions to be issued by his majesty’s' clals concerned, ‘would impress: upon ' i claims" aie | goods in the prize court, ‘and will 'be continued to be'pald | chyious that these claims can receive as rapidly as they are presentéd and | due and equitable consideration most { which has seriously embarrassed his| ernment ! majesty's government-—that a num_ Take Your Summer The;—ejls no need to take your big instrument along for summer, The Columbie “Eclipse” strument for the summer:camp, the seashore. or country, Easy Music With . 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It will be observed that eight have been detained for a period of less tkan a week, and three for & period of less than a.foitnight, while the de- tention of one:iszdue.to the difficulties fir regard to/transit-across Bweden and Russia. “‘(8) His majssty' xomnment remaing convineed-that, on an impar- tial review oftHe facts, it will be ad- mitted ] arb! f.rary lnv_erference with American. fnterests has, in re- gard to cotton cai’goes. occurred; while if due regard be ’paid to’ the enormous volume of American and neutral shipping which is continually engaged in the trans-atlatic trade, the figures .and. dates quoted in the préceding paragraph will the restricted. nature of any interfer- ence which. has taken piace and the close atteption with ‘which the officials concerned hayé: all cases. with- every | pussible ‘@onsideration ‘for neutrals, 4(9)" Since ‘his majesty's govern- mént’ hdve ‘been compelled to adopt their present mea:ureq ugalnst Ger- man commerce, ‘' they ~have ' given special consideration to the question of avoiding as far as péssible unneces- sary damage ta the interests of néu- trals in regard to the e)&p'crt of goods of German origin, ana hére ~again liberal concessions have been made to ‘been exterided in faver of ‘Americdn| ynitel States citizens. Under the rules enactéd on the ‘11th of March pro- vision is made. for the investigation of all neutral clainis "respecting stch ittt is properly before:'a judicial * tribunal. If In some cases progress has been | Nevertheless, in-deference to the ex- delayed, this has been due to ‘the fact press desire.of the’i'nited Stats gov- arrangements were. made toward the end-of March - whereby Tnited States citizens who might de~ sire to import goods of German. origin via. a neutral port were enabled-to produc preof of payment to his-ma- jesty’s embassy, at Washington: - If such proof were deemed . satisfac- tory, his majesty’'s government | gave undertaking goods concerned sghould not interfered with ,tru.x_sit. that . the be .and 3 from the necessity of, :tub g ¢laim to the prize eoul‘t in London for ad- judication. A few days later his ma- Jesty’s government, further agreed to recognize the neutral ownership of goods of enemy origin’even if not paid for before the first of' March, provided they were the subject of a contract of earlier date and hdd- arrived at a neutral port before ‘the fifteenth of March. “* (10) Special treatment has also been accorded to “cargoes of particu- lar products destined for the‘ United States and stated to be indispensable for the industries'6f the coutitty: and, in notes addresged “to. <he: “United States ambassedowdn Aprilrand -May undertakints ‘were given mot to-inter- fere during transihoiwitn certain- car- goes of dyestuffs, potash and German leet seed. Passing ’l‘hmngh Neutral Countries. **(11) When it an became apparent were still passing out through neutral countries, his majesty’s governmént feit it' necessary to fix a definite-date. after which such shipments must ccase to ‘enjoy the special ‘immunity, had been observed that a The | crease hadr#¢Re late in'Ahe: nasber of vessels ‘Sailifig from méutralivoun- tries to Amerfeatand otie’of the ipri I American ships, are detainel pending Linquirles as to suspicious consign- { monts and particulars as to the dates znd dpproximate causes o: detention -..Be;y Bldg, Rochester, N., are furnished in the cipal lines of steamships advertised a Gaily in place of'a weekly service. In such circumstances - it--appeared accompanying | scarcely: possible:that goods of cremy Uy s sl emphasize | that large quantities of enemy goods théretofore "granted, from habihty to | | 1 1 i i | shipped without: molestation after the It was as a friendly [ his majesty’s government regret they origin, boiight and paid for: prior -to the first of Mar~h, should not have already .been shipr..1to their destina- | Louis Stoskoff, 163 1bs.; tion. .The first of June ingly fixed -as ‘the, dafe the. privilege ailowed in such' shipments should cease;. but cnece. more . & special favor - was granted by extending the date in ex: ceptional cases to the fifteenth K of June. : . **(12) Importers .in, the States. having: now -had three months in which to clear off.their purchases in enemy territory, his majesty’s gov- ernment rules that,. in presence of the circumstances, —enumerated, the United States' government will ac- knowledge the great - consideration which: has been shown, to. American interests. , 9(13) I\c&erthelees a ftesh appeal has- now “been made-to his majesty’s government that' shipments of Amer- ican owned goods of enemy origin, ir paid for: before ‘the’' beginning of March, should be -allowed. to be was accord- after which 15th ‘of “June,* The appeal ~is ~ based principally .upon the cententions (a) that: insufficient-~ time has: hlready elapsed;-:(b) that no ‘mention of a finte limit ‘is :made’ fn the enactment of “the' eleventh~of March; “(¢)" that the proofs of ownership requested by his ‘majesty’s government are of an- exacting nature and involve mich time for preparation. i ‘“‘(14) The first contention (a) has already”been dealt with. As re- gards (b) and (c), it is true that the enactment of the:eleventh of March contains no mention of a time limit, But it seems to be overlooked that the time limit had - been fixed only for the special immunity granted as an exception from that enactment. | concession to American interests that his majesty’s government agreed to an investiga- tion of claims outside the prize court. As requested by his majesty’s govern- ment, experience has shown thaat such proofs were necessary. Proceed Without Interference. “€(15) In reterence, A however, to the renewed representations of. the United States ambassador, his ma- jesty's government have given fur- ther directions that in all such cases, as may have been especially submit- ted- tarough the British' embassy at Washingten, or to his majesty’s gov- ernment direct on or before the fif- teenth of June and -passed, the goods shall be allowed to proceed without interference, if shipped from a neu- tral port.on the conditions already laid down, notwithstanding® the fact that shipment may not have been made before the fifteen' of June. “*(16)" His = majesty’s government will also_be prcpared hereafter to givé special consideration’ to cases présented to them and involving par- ticular hardships, if the goods con- cerned are required for neutral gov- ernments, or municipalities, or in re- spect of works of ‘public utility, and where payment can be shown to have been. made . before the first K of March, 1915. . “ran Wwith the ahove exceptions, cannot continue to deal thlough,the diplomatic channel with individual cases, but they would again poiat qut that special provision is made for the consideration of such cases in the vrize court. “ '(18)—Complaints have AI‘ll’l mn- frequently been made that:ungue de- lay occurs in dealing with American cargoes ‘in ‘the prize court. An in- (Written for the Herald by Billy 8. | Lake Winnipissiogee, and the Harvard | first race | vears ago and drew | Quinsigamond, Wercester,. Mass.,” July 28, { | crimson ‘handkerchiefs. the case of ! [HBEL DGIlE expressly for this race by Steve: Roberts, forty-eight ‘feet eight | United | pants, ‘flesh ‘colored shirts, | handkerchiets. BOAT RACES OF BIFTY YEARS AGO Yale Beat Harvard in Famons Race - of '66 Garve of .Hartford.) With the annual race between Yale and Harvard at New London, a short review of some of the early boat races may interest the present generation. It was back in 1852, that Yale and Harvard first. met on the water, at i H crew won a two mile race. They miet again in 1855, at Springfield, and Har- vard won again. Lake Quinsigamond was the next place chosen for the races, and dur- ing the 60’s it was the scene of many ! a hard fought contest. Yalé won her | in 1864, and the race of | ‘great excitement Afty a large crowd. The college regatta was held -on July 28, and the citigens’ regatta on July 29. Here are the eolicgze boys that | made rowing history for Yale and Harvard fifty years ago in a ‘three mile race, with turn.. Six men in a boat, as was the custom at that time. | Yale Beats Harvard in 1865. The university:race between . Yale | and Harvard was rowed -on Lake 1865 cteated 1865, before 10,000 people. - -The Harvard: crew included- Fred Crowin- shield - (stroke), 138 1Ibs:;; Ed. - 8. Wilkinson, 146 1bs.; 'Wm.: Blaikie, 142 1bs.;" Ed.» N. Tenno, 145 Ibs.; Ed. H. Clarkyz-424- 1bss; Chas. - H. - Burney A31 . 1bs. Total weight 836 pounds:-They used a new split cedar sheil,’ built by Lawler, forty-five feet long, : twenty-six inches ‘wide. Uni- form—Blue pants, white shirts “and This was the sophomore crew of' 1864, which beat Yale, with the exception of No. which was filled by G. A. B. Abbott, strong crew and was heavier than Harvard; it was made up with Wm. { W. Seranton (bow), 148 lbs.; E: Cof- fin; 147 1b&.; Isaac Pierson, 150 ‘lbs.; E. B. Ben- | nett; 160 Jbs.; ‘W. R. Bacon (stroke), | 150 1bs. 'Total weight 920 pounds. The Yale crew used a new split cedar g, ! The Yale crew was an extraordinary | CLOTHth \ ON CREDIT \ — WOMEN'S SUMMER "¢ LATEST STYLES THE e Open An Account Today WOMEN'S SUITS Fine serges, dines, and er . Styles the - latest, best. A-No. Pit WOMEN’S DRESSES Women’s Summer Dresses in Serge, Poplin, Vofles, Or- je and Marquisctte. Neat- e = $1.50 twenty-two and one-half eleven inches' deep, They wore white and , blue Josh Ward, the first single scull ‘champion of America, was referee. The distance was three miles, with turn. The crews took a short practice spin and the Yale crew looked muscular and pulled.a steady stroke. The race started at 5:30 p. m. Both boats got a inehes lon, inches. wide, ‘Weight 176 pounds. 4 good start and kept side by side, like one boat. sweeping strokes, Yale pulled away by strong, and rounded the stake boat nine minutes from the start, leading by oné boat léngth. Both pulling, théir best with = ¢quick | strokes, but Yale kept in the lead and { being superior in stréngth and muscle, they passed the 'judgés .boat 'two lengths in the lead. The time given was Yale 17:42 1-2, Harvard 18209, breaking the récord made. in 1850 by the famous “Gersh Bankers'” créw of 18:87. The time was so fast that many ‘claimed that the timers made an error of one minute, making Yale 18:42 1-2 and’ Harvard 19:09. bur Bacon, stroke:for Yale, claimed ithat Yale was fast enough to do 19242 1420 Josh¥eWapd said: “Yale was afast crewnthat !day. 4 ddistoryishews) that -Yale and Har- vards raceds for money at the citizens’ regatta .on July- 29, when the same | crews were the only starters in the | six oar three mile race. First prize $200, second prize § The Yale crew | ‘had no trouble in beating Harvard, ! time-19:05 1-2, and winning 00, ' ‘Harvard’s time was 19:20 1-2. Yale had a great -crew, and maintained her | position ‘as-champion of '656 by win- | ning two fairly contested races that year. . The first race at New London was held in 1878, and has been the scene of many a good contest between wil- ! 1. MISSES !br-hbl. Suits h al mlerlnll and e WOMEN 'S COATS Latest " style COIU' all flle the $l Don't Spend | laca Money for Clothmgm,,e-( Buy Here--Pay Weefily R MEN'S SUITS Taflored in thoroughly servicable and reliable man- ner into the latest. styles. Sun proof and wear proof blc garments In latest style. Special val aes at, $15,$18, $20, $22 BOYS’ SUITS Knockabout Suits for boys that o_ufin to ferch more moncy- all the plain and R X Speelll P mix- tures. VE’IM ithe explanation is, but I am anxious the Blue and Crimson down to the present day. court in the case of the cargo ex- steamship Ogeechee on the 14th in. stant. - ‘His lerdship, according to the transcript from the official shorthand writer’s notes, made the following | observations: Claimant Asked Delay. “ ‘It is a very extraordinary thing that when the crown are ready to Zo on, the claimants come here and say | ‘‘we can not proceed far six weeks.” Some day toward the end of last term, I had a row- of- eminent counsel on the front presfing. me to fix a case at once. 1 fixed- it very nearly at once-- that' is to say, the second day of the (G 47 MAIN ST, h A5 ATELY&BRENNAN Near Franklin Squa o fcllowing term. They all came and said: “We want an adjournment rcr 8ix weeks.” ing of the prize court for some time. “ ‘(19)—The solicitor general heie- |The United States government are upon remarked: “If I might say .o jaware that most of these cargoes con- on that one of the reasons, I .applied |sist of meat and lard, and that mucn today on behalf of the crown that|of the delay in bringing these car- the matter should be dealt with us|goes to adjudication was due to the soon as possible is' for ‘that very'rea- |fact that negotiations were being ca»- son. There has been such a strong |ried on for many weeks with a rep. desire on the part of America and |resentative of the principal American American citizens that there should be | meat packers, for an amicable settle- no Melay, but one finds, in fact, tae|ment out of court. ~When at length, deldy comes from there. owing to the failure of the negatia- “¥$(20)—The president then stated: |tions, his majesty’s government de- “I know that. I do not know what |[cided that they would continue the prize court proceedings and had at that there should be no delay.” the request of the claimants fixed the “ “(21)—Tt s true that a number |earliest possible date for the hearing. of tases, principally relating to. car- {counsel for the latter asked for an gogs which, though ostensibly con-|adjournment in their interests, despite tined for the enemy, have been pend- teresting.camment on this subject was made by the president of,the :prize signed to a person in a neutral coun- |the fact that the crown was by his try,.are in reality bélieved to be des- | own admission, ready to proceed. asoline at Rackliffe’s Fil " o22)—His majesty’s is earnestly desirous of 1 causes of avoldable delay in with American cargoes and which may be detained and cific inquiries or represes which may be made by the Sttes government in regard to ticular cases will always 3 most careful consideration and all’ formation which can be & without gpreju 0 prizé court | ceedin 111 fhef r 1y e i jed; but they caft scarcely admit ! ‘(m the basis of actual facts, any | stantial grievance on the | American citizens is justified, be sustained, and they, the: indently appeal to the opinion i United’ States gavernment as ened by this memorandum. ¥ U