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MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

These two motions are identical, except for the parties; the question of law being the same in each case. It appears, from the affidavits submitted upon the motion in Kempe v. Perm, that this is an action for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained on the high seas by the libelant, Kempe, a Swedish national, while engaged as a fireman on *888board tbe steamship Perm, a vessel of Swedish registry, owned by a Swedish corporation.

The consul general of Sweden joins in the application, requesting that the court decline jurisdiction, and in his affidavit avers that,…