WASHINGTON--Bitter denunciation of Great Britain's seizure of U. S. mails broke out in both houses of Congress today, concurrent with a warning to Germany by Sen. Key Pittman, D., Nev., that the torpedoing of American ships might drive this nation to an "extreme point" short of actual war.
Simultancously, Secretary of State Cordell Hull emphasized at a press conference that American vessels still are under strict orders to refuse conveys such as Great Britain reportedly is prepared to offer U.S. ships forced to submit to contraband inspection in belligerent waters.
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