The Note also expressed belief that the "spirit of Mberality" of United States shipping should meet a "eorresponding degree of accommodation and flexibility on the part of the British "Government."
The Note is a reply to the British Note of November 9 in which Britain reserved the Tight to "take United States ships into control ports despite the United States proclamation on the combat area, State Department today Juries' owing to the diversion of an American, ship to a British port—Router.
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