BRITAIN AND GERMANY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6384, 5 December 1907, Page 5

BRITAIN AND GERMANY

SETTLING CLAIMS

THE MARSHALL ISLAND TROUBLE

AGAIN,

ARBITRATION HINTED AT.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright BERLIN, December 3.

Tho “Kolnischo Zeitnng'’ says that Germany is very desirous of settling the claims of Messrs Burns, Philp and Company, of Sydney, in connection with the island trade, in a spirit of equity. Equal good-will on tho British side regarding German claims in connection with the Boer war is presupposed.

LOINDON, December 3.

It is announced in London that Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) is considering the question of arbitration on Germany’s claims regarding the war.

Burns, Philp, and Co., the well-known Australian shipowners, made a claim of =£12,752 on the German Government in connection with tho restriction of their shipping rights at the Marshall Islands. Tho claim was transmitted by Sir Edward Grey to Berlin in March last year. The Gorman Government stated last January that it had begun a detailed examination of the claim, which would hist a considerable tinny Since then tho Foreign Oflice Ims several times reminded Berlin of the claim, expressing tho hope that the German Government would endeavour to come to a decision at an early date. _ Burns, Philp, and Co.'s original claim, submitted in . August, 1905, was for .£17,500, including .£7500 for loss of trad© in 1905. Mr Coghlan, in handing tho claim to tho Colonial Office, suggested t. reference to The Hague Arbitration Court in the event'of Germany disputing the claim.