BIG CLAIM SETTLED.
Received July 14, 9.30 p.m. WASHINGTON, July 14
The British Government paid the United States Shipping Board twelve million dollars in settlement of the United States’ claim for twenty-two millions for the use of American ships to carry cargo shipments during and after the war. The British Government had contended that the United States owed it twenty-six million dollars on a similar claim, but after a year of negotiations Britain agreed to settle the controversy by payment of twelve millions.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18533, 15 July 1922, Page 5
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83BIG CLAIM SETTLED. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18533, 15 July 1922, Page 5
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