The Owosso times., 1916-01-28
BRITAIN DROPS
BLOCKADE PLAN
aI11d,l Viii Stand Pat on Pres
ent Rules.
EDS PROTESTS OF NEUTRALS

e assSn1 Prove Interesting to Those
'xSitics of U. S. at Home Who Say
Sosr1- Is No Respect for America
SaEaad-France and England Fear
As, paper Admits.
lSSsAfnn, Jan. 27.-Hereafter French
axs-saips. will assist British vessels in
zsE&ad2 duties in both the English
sttAs2nel and the North sea, ;articipat-
sxE 10 examination of mails and car
ss4.xs- France will be consulted on all
-gssSEd&hs concerning the blockade.
2aSra Anglo-French replies will be
zz2is so any protests on the subject.
Z.ssrston, Jan. 27.-The British gov.
sxExzaG has virtually decided to stand
gsE& GD its present trade regulations
sclz saLk make no ANNOUNCEMENT of a
"a gVSikament, the majority Of well-in-
Esx-na2 parliamentary writer's agree.
hrsg n few papers cling to the be-
Sss Ssai the cabinet will announce a
ssx1is1E change of policy. The net
SEM~ls about Germany by the exist.
zsg gxS7alations may be tightened in
.ssGs- ssspects. But it was the general
psSsE II the newspapers that the cab.
ixsrs Vxg decided against any revolu
AExarN change in policy.
Protests Have Effect.
TEze storm of protest raised in the
ShsEfnz States and in Sweden, some of
Tsc grQers broadly limited, has cooled
%Saszsxior of advocates Of the blockade
x, IL 1ss not had its effect upon the
SSsrEsnent.
1nE newspapers gave prominent dis.
Ktay ~, the warlike utterances Of the
B~a.sst premier in his riksdag
sSsss.a Tuesday, and the Daily Tele-
sszasE and the Daily News cautioned
s xxs government against any action
7GssE 10 involve Great Britain with
n0rxks.
Asks What Of United States.
T.ss arebrands of the press have
Irsnaed that we brush neutrals out
zss exr path with a strong hand, but
frdn1 Bould be the position of the en-
aazss allies il the vast resources of
&sS United States ceased to De at
sscss: sommand" asks the News. 'Si
Ihsre is reason to believe that the
s2zsigv secretary will announce that
.sAx government has reached no i'm
xHTk1& decision with reference to the
fSzs1sation of our policy" said tho
TsssSraph.
"xsis country" adds the Telegraph,
anxx ae content with the present
xsNauress- which, if apparently slow,
sux xnrs, and which hitherto have
tsssz adopted without any severance
NJ Jfstisudly relations with the neutral
ssgr Try. We have had experiences of
xea- aast consequences Of imperious
sZ srerbearing conduct"
Eermsny Imports Through Mails.
lKt1don, Jan. 27.-The British for
'.9,,A chiSc PuuiiSucu ilSl VI SOOus
xiMsstal mail bags of the central pow
ssys saken from the Dutch steamship
8rHs- outward bound, Tubantia, in
Sue1 bound, and the Ryndam.
vsa mail bags taken from the Frisia
.nszsaiaed rolled gold chains, gold ear.
r,Rxs.- hEscelets, rings and breaches,
aEztt dr,igs, dyes, oleographs and ma.
ssHxpss needles.
Marksd as Samples.
Wg Tubantia's mail bags are said
ce1Ease contained four sacks of rubber
aUs,Hckefs marked samples, without
syatrs;;s of! a total weight of 1914
aesx0ds and addressed to Hamburg
fuuzs Brazil and also seven packets
l9 xuof from Uruguay to Berlin OF
xwvEe size.
examination Of the Ryndam's mail
saSss has not been completed but the
Errks are alleged to have contained
ae yer cent newspapers, 30 per cent
zsv1ganda and 20 per cent goods,
xsfi VI. enemy origin" and addressed
90 most cases to firms with German
nnes in the United States.
Warned Dept Attorney General.
EsRsing, Jan. 27.-Duane H. Mosier,
~ Paw Paw, twenty-six years old, a
rsdsate of the University of Michi.
szu In 1918, has been appointed dep
.ssh, xfforney general to succeed James