REQUISITIONED SHIPS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 October 1922, Page 8

REQUISITIONED SHIPS.

: *—- — . INDEMNITY FOR NORWAY

6V UA BliS-^KRSS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT Received Oct. 16', 9.30 p.m. THE HAGUE, Oct. 14. The Court of Arbitration has awarded Norway an indemnity of about 12,000,000 dollars in respect to the requisitioning of Norwegian ships; by the American Government in war time. Norway claimed 13,000,000 dollars, and the United States offered to pay about 2§ million. The United States representative protested against \he decision, and on behalf of his Government reserved all rights in respect to any infraction of the conditions under which the dispute was submitted to the court and vital errors which would invalidate