Reply; Arguments Over Control Held f)ne-Sided Amsterdam, Mar. 7.
Upon instructions direct from Rome, the four Italian colliers still in Rotterdam harbour today axe continuing to load German coal, reports from the busy Dutch port stated this evening.
When loading is concluded, the vessels will leave Rotterdam to make straight for the British contraband control station at the Downs, where sixteen other Italian vessels are already detained.
The four ships still in Rotterdam are the Amsterdam, 8,673 tons; Gianfranco, 8,180 tons; Nito, 6,813 tons; and Tina Prime, 4,863 tons,—Havas.
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