The Paula

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

These are two motions, one by the respondent for an order declining to take jurisdiction over this cause, the other by the libelant for an order to note the default of the claimant and for a decree pro confesso or to direct the claimant and respondent to file their answers within a specified time.

The libelant, a German citizen, was an ordinary seaman on the steamship Paula, having signed on the articles at a port in South America. While on the voyage for which he had signed at Jacksonville, Fla., the libelant was injured on August 4, 1936. He was taken ashore and…