Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-27
TROUBLES OVER
y BLOCKADE WILL
Be ARB|TRATED
American Protests Against
Trade Structures Must Now
y Include France.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 81 Biplo
matte problems continued multiply
ing today. France and Italy were
new countries involved in new dis
putes over blockade of Germany anC
mounting of guns on Italian liners
respectively. With England lines
We're drawn for renewal of negotia
lions over the orders in council will
Germany, negotiations for final set
Element of the Lusitania case SUI
fered a brief respite while this gov
ernment's demands are being con
sidered in Berlin.
The state department was today
considering a new and separate pro-
test TO France over French cooper
alton with England in enforcing the
British orders in council blockading
Germany. The debate in Parliament
over the blockade was closely
studied.
The administration, as result. has
little hope Of concessions from the
allies In reply TO it's note notifying
England that il would not recognize
the paper" blockade. Announce
nent that France will aid England
and is joining in the forthcoming
note to this country was regarded by
officials as foreshadowing inclusion
of France In future protests.
All developments in the blockade
situation. according TO belief here in
official circles, tend toward an event
nal offer of arbitration of the block
ade issues Officials are convinced
that England, with Frances support,
intends to continue the neutral com
merce interferences with slight con.
Cessions wherever possible to appease
the neutrals.
That the administration sympa-
thizes with the Austrian viewpoint Of
the armament question, and may sup
port Austria in refusing to recognize
such armed vessels as peaceful mer-
chantmen was limited today. The
question promised to become impor-
tant and result in a definition of the
American attitude regarding arming
of merchantmen in connection with
recognition of submarines as "cruis-
ers.'
Negotiations with England, and
probably France. over the seizure or
American mail to and from Germany
promise to continue. The American
protest and British reply on this
question will be published tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Jan. 27.-The result of
the anxiously awaited debate in the
House of Commons yesterday on the
blockade question is that the British
government adheres to the existing
policy.
A resolution introduced by Arthur
Shirley Benn, Unionist member from
Plymouth, that the entire overoceanic
traffic with Germany should be pre-
M nv a Al Ia ~ a
and the subject dropped, thus leav-
ing the position exactly as before
the debate, except that parliament
seemed more converted to the gov
ernment policy.
Interesting figures published by the
war department shattered the elab-
crate structure raised by the newspa-
pers and Sir Edward Grey's effective
speech appeared to finish the work
thus begun.
After the foreign secretary had
spoken, Commander Bellairs said he
had expected that nineteRths of the
House would be against Sir Edward
Grey, but since his speech he had to
admit that nine-tenths were with him.
In fact, after the foreign secretary
sat down, the house gradually emp
tied. and at one time during the de-
bate only half dozen members
tere present.
by the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 81 t9:29 Il. m.)-The
Manchester Guardian, commenting
editorially on the speech of Sir Ed
ward Grey, the foreign minister, de-
livered yesterday in the House of
Commons on the blockade policy of
Great Britain, says that he demol-
ished both the statistical attack
against the governments policy and
the charges of interference with the
work of the navy. 1t argues, how