Cooperation of the United States with the Allied Powers in the Provision and Administration of Shipping 1
1. See also the section dealing with the taking over of German ships in American ports. Papers relating to the disposition of German ships seized by China and Siam are printed in the section dealing with the Far East, post, p. 682; those relating to the disposition of German ships seized by Latin American countries are printed in Foreign Relations, 1917, Supplement 1. Arrangements regarding the control in use and the procurement by charter of neutral shipping are dealt with in Vol. II of this Supplement.
Contents
- British, Russian, and Italian statements of shipping needs—Contact
between American and British authorities during and after the Visit of
the Balfour mission—Delegation by
the President, July 11, to the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet
Corporation of powers for the acquisition of ships—Resolution of the
Shipping Board, communicated to the British Embassy July 24, for the
requisition of completed ships built in American yards for foreign
owners—Protest of the British Government—Suggestions from the British
and Allied Governments as to American cooperation in the utilization of
shipping (Documents 501–520)
- Requisition, August 3, of ships under construction in American
yards—Representations of the British Government, transmitted August 21,
against the requisition of ships building on British orders; reply of
the chairman of the Shipping Board, transmitted September 7; acceptance
of the measure by the British Government, October 26—Representations as
to the shipping needs of France and Italy—Special representations
regarding oil tanker tonnage—Conflict between American and British plans
for chartering Norwegian ships
(Documents 521–533)
- Shipping negotiations in connection with the Inter-Allied
Conference—Understanding for an equal division of chartered
neutral tonnage between Great Britain and the United States—Projects for
the coordination of shipping policy (Documents 534–551)