The Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, the Lloyd's List, France's Packetboat and Maritime & Colonial Review, all the rags devoted to insurance companies--who threatened to raise their premium rates-- were unanimous on this point.
La _Shipping and Mercantile Gazette_, le _Lloyd_, le _Paquebot_, la _Revue maritime et coloniale_, toutes les feuilles dévouées aux Compagnies d'assurances qui menaçaient d'élever le taux de leurs primes, furent unanimes sur ce point.