Washington, Feb. 16.
The State Department, yesterday, sent the United States Ambassador in London evidence submitted by the owners of the cargo on the str. Wilhelmina for the purpose of proving that the cargo was not subject to seizure. The State Department suggests unless Great Britain has sufficient grounds, which, up to the present, have not been advanced, for acting otherwise, that the ship should be permitted to proceed immediately, with her cargo, to her destination.
It is stated that the owners have satisfied the State Department that the cargo is not intended for the German army or Government.
It is not true that Count Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, has been summoned Home.
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