BRITTEN'S FEAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 74, 28 March 1929, Page 7

BRITTEN'S FEAR.

I'M ALONE INCIDENT

No Right To Chase Ships

200 Miles Off Coast.

" LEADS TO WAR."

(Australian Press Assn.—United Service.)

(Received 11 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 27. Mr. F. E. Britten, chairman of the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives, declares that the situation created by the sinking of the I'm Alone, the British auxiliary schooner suspected of rum-running, is a very serious affair. He added: "If the United States i«> going to chase vessels 200 miles off the coast, and sink ships because they are suspected of rum-running it will be able to chase them through the English Channel into the North Sea and sink them. "Such acts lead to war. I would not be surprised if the incident should result in strained relations between the United States and the Canadian and the British Governments." CONFERENCE. t Canadian Minister Calls On U.S. State Officials. TRIAL POSTPONED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, March 27. 1 Mr. Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister at Washington, called yesterday at the Washington State Department and conferred on the I'm Alone matter with Mr. Castle, Assistant Secretary of State. It is understood he will receive, when it is completed, a copy of the report ol the United States Customs and coastguard authorities on the incident. Meanwhile, at New Orleans, the trial has been postponed for a week of the captain and crew, who have been released. SUNKEN SHIP. BRITISH OFFICIALS CONFER. (Australian Press Assn. —United Service.) (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 27. The Government is considering the sinking of the I'm Alone, a British ship, by American prohibition patrol vessels, with Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador at Washington. FRENCH SUBJECT. SEAMAN WHO LOST LIFE. (Australian Press Assn. —United Service.) (Received 12 noon.) .WASHINGTON, March 27. The French Consulate at New Orleans informed the French Embassy on Wednesday that the seaman who lost his life in the sinking of the I'm Alone was a French subject.