TRANSATLANTIC MAIL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 17, 20 January 1940, Page 12

TRANSATLANTIC MAIL

BRITISH NOTE TO U.S.A.

BEING STUDIED

NEW YORK, January 18. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the British Note rejecting the United States protest against interference with mails is disappointing to the State Department. ..... Though formal comment is lacking beyond the statement that the Note is under study, there is no indication whether the United States will send a second Note. « . The correspondent of the Associated Press of America states that official circles regard the reply as a rejection based on an untenable interpretation of international law. The United Press correspondent states that there is every indication that the United States will cling to its own interpretation of the Hague Convention. , It is reported from Hamilton (Bermuda) that censorship of the transatlantic mail has begun on orders from London, causing the, American Clipper en route to the Azores to be delayed a day.

SERVICE TO BERMUDA

MAY BE DISCONTINUED

(Received January 20, 12.50 p.m.)

WASHINGTON, January 19. The Secretary of State, Mr. Hull, stated that the American air service to Bermuda may be discontinued if the British persist in censoring United States mail. He added tttat he would not undertake or predict that such action would be taken. It would be the last resort. It is stated unofficially that the State Department considers that the British probably have a legal right to examine mails to Bermuda.