The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
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News from Londony received here
yesterday and Saturday, that Great Bri.
tain and France had decided 70 with.
draw orders carrying out the Declare,
tion Of London, means that exports
from the United States 10 the Scandi.
navian countries and the Netherlands
win decline still further. Increased
stringency of the Allied blockade had
reduced exports 70 there countries from
49, ,000, 900 in April, 1915, TO A2O 900 in
April, 1915, and the new policy will
cut them still more. : ~ 49,.
Decrease Of OnelThird r ~
The figures are those Of the summary
published by the department of com.
merce. For the ten months period
ending in April the decrease was from
1901 DOC, 900 TO $217 900, 900, a drop Of
nearly one.third. b., (, ..,.. ,-.
The only exception in the general
contraction in trade is shown in the
figures on exports to Norway, with q
goin for April from $4,000 900 TO &C..
900, 1000, and from $4,000, 900 to $43,.
100000 for the ten months period
ending in April In sharp contrast to
this trend, shipments TO Denmark for
bub nOuLu lcll hWdy ITOm " ,UUU,UUU LC
$3,000,000; Sweden from $5,000,O 900 ia
$4,000, 600, and the Netherlands from
$40 1000, 900 to $s,000,000. The distinc
ton between the countries is ,appar
emily due to the fact that reshipments
from Norway into Germany are more
diffieult,a than from the remaining
countries and can be regulated more
effectively by the British. Denmark
Sweden and the Netherlands have
direct routes to the German Empire
which are not so easily controlled by
the blockade. - #.,tG4 $685.. ~
Nothing To Teutonic Powers
According to the official figures OF
the department Of commerce export,
10 the Teutonic powers have dropped
to practically nothing. e The one item
Of $28,000,0O0 noted in the ten months
period ending in April of 1915 included
the shipments in the month of July
1914, preceding the declaration of war
Exports to the Allied nations record
q gain of 80 per cent during April, from
5000, 600, 900 TO 1905, 900, 900, and a gair
of 90 per cent for the ten months pc
riod from d SOC, 100000 to $4,000, 900,
900. Figures on shipments to Russia
both to Europe and through the AsiatiC
port of3Vladivostok, showed continued
and remarkable increases. Exports t.
Russia in Europe for April expanded
from $4,000 900 to $4,000, 600, and fol
ten months from $l6, 600, 900 to $144,
000, 900. In similar manner ship
ments to Russia in Asia grew from
100000 to $4,000, 900 sfor the month
and from $4,000, 900 to $S5 ,OO0, 900 fo
the ten months, in spite Of advicel
from Japan which indicate that Russi,
has been able to place war order
more advantageously there than II
the United States. .
Slight Increase To FRANCE .Iua.
! Exports TO- France for AptiIS show
only slight increase, from &5i 900 ,OOt
to $4,000 900, leading to the inferene,
that shipments TO the French hav,
probably reached their peak. On tn,
contrary, totals for the ten month
show 9 gain from $276, 100000 to $477,
. Heavy increases are noted also il
exports TO. the United Kingdom, will
gain for April from $4,000 900 Z,
$f35, O00; 900; TO Canada, with an ex
pansion from $4,000, 900 to $4,000,
600, and to Australia, from "a y000, OOl
to $6O00,000. Shipments to Italy re
cord a slight gain from $l9 ,000, 900 I,
$2O,000,000 for the month, while tn
\ total for the ten months grew from
$l58, 900 to 1920, 0O0, 900.