There had been much turning of pages over the legal right of "angary." under whic® belligerent countries are allowed to take over the shipping of neutrals provided fair compensation wag given, and numerous precedents were found, going back 50 or 15 years, including of course the United States' taking over of Dutch ships in this country during the World War. However, the precedents were unfortunately in the reverse of the present situation. in which a neutral wants legally to take over the ships of a "belligerent." Chile meantime. within tre last month, tock over three Ger-on ships, and there was some hope Chileans had found a satisfactory stification er pretext, but it was und not good enough Therefore the Maritime Commission sponsored the so-called Oliver bill. still in Congress. to permit the Dani:
nips to be taken over by the Commission itself. And the actual taking ever and operation of these ships will probably wait on Congressional action en the Oliver bill.
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