Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-30

Illuminating 10 10 TO have such agree
nCntS la effect and the law provides
that all guarantees and shipping ar
engagements shall be- made through the
national trade commissions This COM
mission holds that Great Britain is not
entitled to guarantee on goods COM
INK to sweden from another neutral
country The British. it is said here.
feel the act was aimed ol them all
though American importers m stock
holm found IT really worked arumst
American trade Temporarily mo
swedish authorities are Wukng at
certain evastous of the act but mmr.
di1teN after it's pa sage there was a.
noticeable suffeung OF the British at
ttude.
As matter Of fact 1t is commonly
reported here that Great Britain has
been holding since early i'm May ana en-.
tire cargo of foodstufrs consigned to
the Swedish government itself be-
cause the government as % matter of
principle would not sign The form of
guarantee demanded by tho British
authorities The details of this al
legged seizure have not been made pub
lie m any muuncr
Imports are Cutrnilcd.
There was the threat. Toe mot $40
long ago, that the activtat and pro-
German groups in sweden might Gre
ate a situation which would force this
country into war as am ally of the CEN
tral powers. England rs believed here
to have fully realized this situation
and II was then that the "rutons'
basis was finally determined upon
England decided that neither Sweden
nor her neighhorng countries of Den
mark and scandinavia should account
ulate a stock of supplies which could
be of war advantage So these couu-
tries are not allowed amy imports to
carry them more than sixty to ninety
days ahead of their normal demands
Sweden the one Scandinavian coun-
try without ON agreement with Great
Britain, does not feel that she is any
worse off than her neighhors. for
Denmark recently was left practically
without coal OF gasoline. Geoulluc so
nearly reached the point of depletion
that II sold fOr 80 cents a quart The
shortage of coal seriously threatened
all industries. To save electric power
all street and advertising signs were
forbidden.
Exports of Food Watched.
Sweden stll able to get large guam
titles of coal and hrquettc fuel from
Germany, and It is In exchange for
this very essential import that the
Swedish government allows the export
of iron ores ana various food supplies
to Germany German commerce still
fourishes in the south Baltic waters
although the recent activities Of Eng
lish and Russian submarines and de
stroycrs sent a thrill of apprehension
through the various trading interests.
Coal is by far the chief import of
Sweden, as 1t is the other Scandina-
Wan countries.
The Swedish system covering cN-
ports of food TO Germany has been
very carefully thought out No food
can be exported without special Ii
Cense from the government. In or
der to obtain this license the exporter
Of butter, eggs, pork. etc, must agree
to put on the home market at a spe-
Gifted price an amount of food equal
TO that he is sending to Germany,
The produce thus placed on the home
market is known as compensation
food" and is sold well below the pre-
vailing market. For a long time the
better classes of consumers were able
to gObble up all the compensation
food immediately il was offered
Now cards have been issued to the
poorer classes and they have special
privileges at all sales
say Sweden Is Ia Blame.
In the pro- English circles of stock
holm it is asserted that sweden has
brought upon herself most Of the veN-
alions of the blockade They declare
that II sweden had submitted In the
first place TO certain dictates of Great
Britain, alt Of the scandinavian COun,
tries would have been given special
treatment Now England cannot give
Norway and Denmark all that she
would for fear such supplies would
eventually pass into sweden.
AT the time the trade agreements
were negotiated with Denmark and
Norway. Great Britain also sent spe-
Cial comm issioners to Sweden. The
proceedings got TO The point where
Great Britain demanded the right to
place British agents in all swedish
customs houses. This WAS too much
for the Swedes and negotiations were
abruptly broken Off. The English as
sert that the swedish commissioners
concerned In the conference insisted
that England should grant certain
concessions TO Germany, which, OF
course was out of the question. 1t
further is asserted that the Swedish
delegates refused TO permit minutes
to be kept of the discussions.
Rubber Cause OF Trouble.
The rupture over the proposed trade
came just at a time when
400 tons of rubber, in transit through
Sweden TO Russia, was allowed to fail
into the hands of the Germans This
ncensrd he English It happened
This way The rubber was shipped
from England and had reached the
Russian frontier at Tornea when IT
was stopped by the Swedish govern
ucnt because no license for the tran
sit had been obtained The rubber
VAS brought to stockholm. Finally
he export license was arranged and
he previous consignment of contra
BAND was started for its Russian des-
nation This time, however, it did
not go forward by the protected rail ,
Dad line. II was placed upon a small !
steamer This udly little "lugRer" /
lad not progressed a hundred yards |
outside the thrcc-milc limit OF Swed- |
sh territorial waters before it was /
oddly captured" by German de- |
troyer ana taken as a prize TO Ger /
may.
OF course there were immediate !
harges of collision, but the Swcies .
laimed the rc-shipmcnt was arranged /