The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-18
BIG BRITISH MAIL HELD
AS SWEDISH REPRISAL
5000 Parcels Detained at Gothenburg-Nation Shows
Increasing Hostility to England, Owing to Lack Of
Respect for Government DEGREES.

sito Company. Eneland's aim in Gre
ating the company Ii to foil an ingeni-
Gus plan ny which Germany gets into.
her hands a considerable proportion OF
the goods old by England to Russia.
70 a large extent Germany and Rus
STA want the same overseas products.
Both want colonial food products, cs-
pecially coffee and both want Ameri-
can cotton. These are on Sweden's tram
sit prohibition list. Sweden relaxes tho
prohibition In exchange for England's
allowing the export to Sweden OF things
on Eng,and's " export prohibition
list. When England sells Sweden 81 900
worth Of coal. Sweden issues "A license
allowing England to sent tn Russia
over Swedish railroads $1,000 worth Of
cotton or coffee. These exports to Rus
STA have to he freighted first to Sweden.
and then refreighted to Finland, IL no
through bill Of lading IN issued. Ger
many without violating any Swedish law
gets hold Of them en- route and they
end up ut Hamburg or Berlin. This
business has taken enormous proper.
tons. Scores OF men. Germans. Swedes
and Russian subjects. are engaged In IL.
Russian Importers O~utwttted.
This IL tho system. The Russian i'm.
porter. AZ he canno have the goods ad-
dressed direct TO himself. must rave an
agent IN sweden who accepts delivery
and forwards them on. The agents ara
mostly Russian subjects NJ non-Russian
race. who's" interest is money. not pa
iriotism. AGENTS and German would-be
buyers have n regularly organized ex-
'hange ~ u Stockholm hotel. h Rus
sian importers Stockholm agents put
The bills of ladiilg UP at auction AMI
knock them down to tho highest bidder.
TIL" highest bidder is always a German.
The German. armed with the bill, Of
aiding. gets the goods and sends them
T." tho fa,herland. The Russian i'm.
porter does not sec his goods. lie has
u" remedy.
The chi"f aim Of tho Transi,o Com.
imn! Is to- Prevent this. The cuInlauy,
acting ~ England's ana Russia's r,,re.
seuiiiis". WI check and record the fate
Il oN'"N hde aud packing ease son;
from England to Russia Over Sweden
~ order 10 keep clear III the Stock.
t"lm ">riianEc most goods viii he sem
- Norwegian port u ,heurc 10y the
North Swedish railway 10 tho Finnish
frontier. " - tnis when MAXI Swedci
complain that the company Aims At d
shippiug monopoly In which Swedish
ports aud ships will have no share
Everything hencefor;h sold by Euglanc
20 Russia VIII 60 g. = single Fimuisl
firm. which il To- act with She Transit,
company. i!cncefOrih II any agen, fl
sweden Is caught selling goods 10 Ger,
many England will refuse 10 sell I,
the Russian who enpoy- him.
fremier Himrnar~hJo,d. partly undei
pressure Of his supporters. the pro-,ier
man "Modcra.es." becomes daily NOR,
cNactine and less compliant toward tn.
Allies. He .a;e,y declared that Swedei
nas means Of fighting the Allies Uhl,
means EngiaiiI which other small n.u
trail States have not. lie refers to n,
complet" dependence Oh Sweden o
Nnglo-fsussian INSTRUMENTATION. Til,
Moderate press here ia lily demands tina
"ihe screws 10 pat on England III,
/ step demanded T. the s;oppage OF III,
.Anglu-Isussian letter post. perhaps ever
s;upI.tg" of iutsrhat!ona, travel to Rus
sia Ola SNrGris raIlrv1i.. P:obabl,
sweden Will not go 50 FAR. Her AIN
BE- 3" Use her geographical position t.
o"let 10 s'Ure ~ tho shipping an,
p p a. questions ~.lleviaiions which ~
turc,. helpless states Ike Holland ant
H"un,-k ,i.Ho; demand.