Note 46 — II THE NEUTRAL MERCHANT AND THE ‘FREEDOM OF THE SEA’
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I gather that the meaning of the official answer, dated March 19, to the distinguished chemists who were agitating for the inclusion of cotton in the list of absolute contraband is that their views have been met by the Order in Council. This answer, as printed in the papers of April 6, 1915, was as follows:—
War Office, High Explosives Department, 19th March, 1915.
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey’s Gate, Westminster, S.W.
Dear Sir,—Lord Moulton desires me to acknowledge your letter of the 11th March covering a further letter signed by various gentlemen.
Lord Moulton feels that you will be entirely satisfied by the terms of the Order in Council dated the 11th day of March, 1915, which appeared in the Press of the following day.
Yours faithfully, J. Bazire.