U.S. CONSULS IN ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 2, 3 January 1924, Page 5

U.S. CONSULS IN ENGLAND.

THE NEWCASTLE CASE. NEW YORK, January 2. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" • learns that the Udited States Government has abandoned the idea of demanding a British apology as a condition of reopening the Newcastle Consulate. The correspondent states that the United States has submitted a conciliatory plan- uskin" Britain to restore the exequaturs of Mr". Brooks and Mr. Slater, which Britain cancelled on the ground that they unduly influenced prospective travellers to use American ships. The. American plan indicates that Mr. Slater and Jlr. Brooks would be assigned duty elsewhere. —(A. and N.Z. Cable.) The exequaturs of Messrs. Brooks and Slater were withdrawn about a year ago on the ground that they had abused their official positions to the disadvantage of British interests. ' A specific charge was that they refused to visa passports for British passengers to America on the most trivial pretexts •unless the passengers agreed to travel by American liners. As a result the United States closed the Consulate, Mr. Brooks being transferred to Dresden and Mr. Slater to Corunna. -V