reasoning of the German government was not clear to the American shipping men.
“It does not seem possible that a government which is apparently interested in developing friendly relations with the United States and whose commerce is definitely tied up with the United States (83 per cent of the trans-Atlantic trade is known to be American) would attempt to limit the transfer of an American ship line’s funds in this manner,” he said.
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