Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Scott Personal care of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Horton. insistence upon receiving German coal by sea, except as a means of embarrassing the Allies by giving this form of support to Germany.
To the Italian advance protest against the possible stoppage, and seizure of the German coal, which it was proposed to despatch from Rotterdam to Italian ports the British Government has replied with action, following the announcement that "any ships which now sail as neutral vessels carrying coal from Rotterdam will be detained." Five Italian steamers have already at the time of writing arrived at the control station in the Downs, four more Italian colliers had cleared from Rotterdam and it is expected will be also diverted, while six more such vessels
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