U.S. Ships Speeded Through Control Ports
NEW YORK, February 24
The State Department has issued a statement indicating that the dispute with Britain about the stoppage of ships ,and the seizure of American mails has passed the stage of serious controversy, says the Washington correspondent of the “New York Times.” The statement showed that United States ships are now speeded through Mediterranean control ports, and that the average delay at Gibraltar is 3.7 days, compared with 9.7 in December, and 14 in November. From the outbreak of w,ar until February 15, continued the statement, belligerents had stopped 108 United States ships, of which 90 were stopped by the British, 14 by the French and 4 by Germans. The improvement in the British system removes the basis of the charge of discrimination in favour of Italian ships made by the Secretary of State, Mr Cordell Hull, in his aide-memoire on January 22nd. The department holds technically to its stand on the inviolability of mails, nevertheless apparently it is satisfied with the practical arrangements now made, IT
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Northern Advocate, 26 February 1940, Page 3
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