Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-28
Joint COMMISSION
TO ADJUST TRADE
English Swedish Commission I'm.
able to Reach Trade
Agreement
Agreement

Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 2I.-ln
EnglishlSwedish commission Whic.
has for two months been striving t
adjust the trade differences between
the two countries, is no nelrer q salts
factory solution of the dispute thai
at the beginning of it's session. Mean
while, owe twenty-five million dollar
worth of supplies for Russia whic.
she urgently needs, have accumulated
in Sweden, ewing to this country:
refusal to allow the transit of goods
to Russia until England has modified
her demands regulating the amour
OF Sweden's imports.
The resumption Of the meetings Of
the commission after an adjournment
which followed apparently ineffeCtua,
attempts to arrive at an understand
ing, has rcaWaHened fresh interest
in the trade question which is for the
moment the most Widely.discuSsed
topic in Sweden. Hope is generally
expressed that a compromise will be
effected which will result in more
friendly relations between IEngland
and Sweden. Few are pessimistic
enough to believe that the misunder.
standing will widen mo a more
serious breeCh between the two coun-
tries.
The two sharply conflicting points
of Vie" which We're presented to o
correspondent Of The AssCEciateu
Press by Swedish and English men,
beers of the commission 90 not, how
ever, promise any immediate settle
ment of the dispute, nor do they
contain enough in common to suggest
the possibility CT compromise. The
English members Of the commission
argue that a large amount of supplies.
many Of which are directly c%onnecteG
with the maintenance Of al army and
the prolongation of the wan find
transit through Sweden to Germany.
They contend that a conspicuous in
crease in Swedish imports beyond her
own needs is evidence that these SUP
plies find a way to Germany and that
q great many of them are articles
which Germany particularly needs,
notably meat. coffee, cocoa, cotton,
copper and lubricants Of various sorts.
Being assured that these are destined
for Germany, England claims the
riGIlt to place such cargoes in the
prize courts and is enforcing this
right.
1t is admitted that these cargoes
are vouched for by Swedish mer-
chants as having Swedish consignens
as their ultimate destination, but it
is claimed that through intermediate
steps in Sweden they ind their way
finally into Germany. 1t is also stat
ed by the English members of the
commission that the col!usion CT Swe-
dish shippers with Germany has led
to the deliberate surrender Of ships
and cargoes to German vessels and
that their capture was part Of a pre-
arranged plan. English commission
ers admit the right OF Sweden tc
continue the export Of her own prod
alcts to Germany and to import any
quantity of goods that 1t may be rea-
sonably supposed is for Swedish con-
sumption, but argues that this amount
should net exceed her normal imports.
Calling attention to her increase in
imports, the English commissioners
ask Sweden to guarantee that sup
plie5 except for home manufactures
will net be sent to Germany, or, in
other words. that there shall he no
transit Of supplies through Sweden to
Germany.
The Swedish members of the com
mission reply that her export laws
which are rigidly enforced by the
government prohibit the sending OF
most articles to Germany and that
exceptions are only made to this pro-