BRITAIN'S SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND
FOREIGN MINISTER'S REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE London, February 18. Sir Edward Grey, in his reply to the American Note-on the interference with neutral vessels, pointed out that war had not interfered with American commerce fcc Britain and her allies, yet the trade of those countries during four months of war had diminished by over twenty-eight million dollars, whereas American trade to neutrals and Austria had increased over twenty million dollars': This was a greater reason for protest against interference with innocent neutrals, by Germany's broadcast a scattering or mines, than for objection to -Britain's seizurp of contraband. Sir Edward Grey deprecatcd recourse to diplomatic remonstrances when neutrals had a more effective mode of address by appeal to the law courts.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2390, 20 February 1915, Page 7
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BRITAIN'S SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND
Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2390, 20 February 1915, Page 7
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