The Washington correspondent of the Morning Post says in Wednesday's
paper that the ' Dacia' will shortly sail from Galveston for Bremen. The owner has obtained American insurance on both vessel and cargo. The American Govern- ment are said fully to recognize that the voyage may have important consequences in settling the question of the validity of American registry law, and the status of German merchant vessels which pass into the possession of American citizens or of the American Government. It is quite expected that the 'Dacia' will be held up and conveyed into a British port to form the subject of a Prize Court decision. If it were decided that the transfer from German to American ownership was valid, the owner of the 'Dacia.' could claim compensation from Britain. In the contrary case a large diplomatic issue would still remain to be decided.
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