File No. 763.72112/582
The Consul General at London (Skinner) to the Secretary of State
London, December 14, 1914.
[Received December 31.]
A committee has been appointed by the British Government to receive and consider claims made by British, allied or neutral third parties against ships or cargoes which have been condemned or detained by order of prize courts, and to recommend to what extent, in what manner, and on what terms, such claims should be met or provided for out of the prize funds. It is understood that this committee should not be confounded with the committee appointed to dispose of captured cargo before reference to the prize court, as the only claims which the present committee are authorized to consider are claims against ships or cargoes upon which sentence has been passed. Any grant made in respect of them will be made as of grace and out of the bounty of the Crown.
[Page 379]Any person desiring to submit claims for the consideration of the committee should forward them to the secretary, prize claims committee, at the Board of Trade Whitehall, S. W.
Announcements will be made in the press as to the latest date on which claims against particular ships and cargoes should be made.