The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-24
SCANDINAVIA BITTER
AT BLOCKADE PLAN
Anti British Feeling |,
Strongest In Swcdcn-
Seizures Denounced.
CALL SCHEMES ILLEGAL

Spe~tdi cable Despatch 10 r. ~
LONDON, Jan. - monda,, ~
Stockholm. Christiania and ,orrra,,,.
correspondents Of tho TimeS rop,r. o..,,
anxiety at the reported tight"uI,r ot ~.
British blockade. which. 1t is declare,
has already damaged Scard.r,y,,n
trade by methods the legality u. o',,
is not admitted in the scaudra,i,,
countries.
The greatest irritation seems ~ ,,.
In sweden. The Stockholm cu.-c,.o,..
ent of the Times says.
The apparent disregard go a., leo.
rights and imnunities secured 20 RON.
| trails by treaties Is naturally -~,-,-,e
II is generally admitted that ~, ,-.-ei
circumstances of the present 49,
new methods OF warfare ,.',
nodes Of application Of the
upon which rights are based. pu' 60,
cannot Justify their ls'ng ,H'lr,I, s.
aside and treated as n~oneNisior
The Christiania correspondent ~ IN.
Times says there Is bitterness ~ Norya,
because the British control ,~Scrc.sei
is somewhat arbitrary aud bccdusr 'ucs
is practically no transit hetweou Norva,
and Germany worth mentioning n.
continues:
"The customs authorities and 'ta
police are very "%ratchfui. Attemp pts t,
I~vade the expectation prohihi'iou ~,
sharply punished. There is much i-ri.
tation over the confscation OF fpoastuQ
from Norwegian ships coml's from
America. as. for instance, Of raw MA.
terial and margarine
The Copenhagen corrcSpouderf. "a
serting that great annoyance !. the past
remained. to "A great extent. witAou, pro.
teetations on the part of the pres
points TO the fact hat tho neuSparc-,
did not on the %stoppago Of ths
arcel post. In tn. future, however I.
says 1t IL regarded that the anxiety
about the Tightening of the blockade may
he expected TO produce general d'scan.
tent.
TIL hOcinsche /tttUug eNtrcSo,- VIZ
osity to see how Britain will cir'urtc'
International law in reference 10 n,..
trails and how IL will blockade tie Ust
into which the Germans boz Pc. o..
months have brought soc foreign su,,
1T IL assumed the Cologu. pap.
says. that the British will suus,tu,
corfiscation for the purchase ~ roud.
seized when supposedly destined ~
erma notwithstanding the pdtiy.ce
wo are accustomed to see Ame~.,a ~.
tending to England. we do not r.leys
that the former will tolerate such !.
flouting Of her prestige"
The koclnlschc /'iturg suggests .
counter blockade to taxi the form Of
abstaining from importing anything wits
which Germany Is able TO dispense. ait.
ing that German money would thcreby
be kept in the country and that Ger.
many would be enabled TO conduct 'hs
war In a more forcible and more succos,.
full manner. thus striking England w..
her own
A news agenc despatch from 'np,r.
hagen says that American EXPORT .o' u.
bacon TO Sweden has been cr'-Ir
stopped by the British measures SWra
ish merchants now contract only an NJ.
basis of cargoes delivered in SV~l
harbors, not merely & o, b. por' Of de-.
parture.
A conference OF the Foreign Mlris;,
of all the Scandinavian countr."s be :
be held at Stockholm, In fehrla-'.
cording 20 the Beritn"r Tdgcbiov
The conference Is called to d~r.I-, tr.
neN blockade measures expected -oo
be taken by Great Britain ard her t|.'.
II will deal as we'll with the lu.-'
Inglv veNatious manner of erforO'r
of the British Orders in Council