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The American Ambassador presents his compliments
to His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and, has the honour to inform him that he
is in receipt of a communication from his Government
regarding the detention of a shipment of rubber tyres
consigned by the firm of Montgomery Ward and Company,
of Chicago, to Batavia, Java.
In a letter received by the Department of
State from Messrs. Montgomery Ward and Company, it
is stated that, the shippers have signed the usual
guarantee not to ship rubber tyres to any country
in Europe, other than Great Britain's allies, except-
ing through Great Britain, and that this is the
first instance that they have encountered where
Pacific Colonies of Holland were restricted from
receiving such shipments from America.
Mr. Page has been instructed to bring this
matter to the attention of Sir Edward Grey, and to
ask that, he may be to good as to advise him as to
the reasons for the detention of these goods by His
Majesty's Authorities in Hong Kong.
American Embassy,
London,
June 21st, 1916.