File No. 800.115/880
The Consul General at London (Skinner) to the Secretary of State
American Consulate General,
London, October 21, 1914.
[Received 6 p.m.]
London, October 21, 1914.
[Received 6 p.m.]
[Telegram]
Every insurance company in London and Liverpool and member of Lloyd’s agrees to insert clause excluding risk liability from any claim arising from capture or detention of ship by British Government or allies. Refusal under government insurance scheme to permit camperdown to proceed Denmark and seizure of Platuria [?] to-day bound for Aarhus, indicate increasing disposition to prevent shipments grains, foodstuffs, oil, and copper to Scandinavia.
Skinner