Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-09-20
American Government Given
Informal Assurances That
Blockade Measures Are
Not Stringent.
EXPLANATIONS DEMANDED
State Department Begins In.
quiry While Senate Leaders
Hasten to Urge Retail
iatory Acts.

Washington, Sept. 1s.-While the
state department is investigating the
latest British order restraining COM
merce to Norway, Sweden. Denmark
as to whether 1t affects American
goods already covered by letters of as
surance through the operation Of the
Netherlands overseats trust.
British embassy officials say 1t does
not. They say that no change so fun
damental as that reported in London
dispatches could possibly have been
been made without notification to them
here.
The only official information before
from Consul General Skinner dated
september 11-sccms to support the
view that the new order actually works
no change for 1t avs. lit is presumed
that American goods already covered
by letters of assurance will not be stop
ped"
Extent Of New Order.
The message from Consul General
Skinner says:
Announcement has been made that no
further export licenses or other facilities
will be given until October l, or until fur
Their notice by the British government for
the shopment of the following goods to
the countries named:
oils and fats. apricot kernels,
borate Of lime. borax and boron COM
pounds, b%ristles, egg yolk and %alburnen.
grass seeds. hair, meat, sage. starches.
table fbres. vegetable oils and oil seeds
Excluding soye seeds).
N~orway.Beef castings: borax and borie
sheepskins. powdered tale. tar and tar
oils.
syeden-Antimony; apricot kernels.
casein. castings, cocoa. cork wood, coffee.
dried fruit, gums Except shellac). hair.
honey. leather. margarine daw materials
nGn6 III rnn n nfl f1aot rnnNh Tor.
starches, sisal, steel .Migh. speed. tea.
turpentinc and turpentine oil.
Observation-Disclosures. bristles. eggs.
egg ok and egg albumen, fish oil, fruit.
nuts and kernels. gums, hair. honey:
goods. sulphur. spirits. spices. starches.
rubber. and balata, powdered tale, tar,
vegetables. fibres and yeast.
the shipment Of goods are directed to
communicate with the war trade depart
ment. The foregoing restrictions have
been agreed to by the allies and applied
to shipments from the United States. The
articles mentioned are those alleged to ex-
coed the normal ,req1ircments Of such
be removed from the list OF prohibition.
The Netherlands Overseas Trust has
been advised to issue no further permits
for goods covered by this notice. 1t is
presumed that American goods already
covered by letters of assurance viii! NOT
be stopped.
Nnan9o Us OenIcd.
Absolutely no change of policy has
been made by England in months. ac-
cording to officials at the British
embassy. The plan to ALLOW only
enough imports in to neutral states con-
tiguous to Germany to provide them
with such a stock of goods as they
consumed before the war, the British
officials say has been in operation for
many months.
They point out hat when the MAXI
mum stock in any country is cached
no more letters of assurance" are
given to Americans and no more
licenses are given to British exporters.
Interest in he effect of the order is
enhanced at this time because Presi-
dent Wilson was granted authority by
recent legislation to retaliate against
countries interfering unduly with
American commerce.
The state department also is inter-
ested in ascertaining whether the re-
ported arrangement between Great
Britain and France for exchange of
commodities whose Importation from
other countries are forbidden does not
violate the British-American CONNER
cial treaty of 1915.
Renewed cutlery against British dis
elimination against American trade
mas gone up here on account of the new
restriction of trade with Holland, and
scandinavian countries. Senators who
have urged Il probe Of the Canadian
government lobby pointed to the latest
restriction as fresh evidence that the
United States is being hampered in a
trade way at every opportunity. They
said the lobby inquiry would throw a
flood of light on the methods the Brit.
ish are using.
Calls It Insolence.
Senator Chamberlain. author of the
movement against the Canadian gov
ernmen lobby in the fisheries contro-
versy. talked today about the new
british order intended to restrict GER
tain American exports to Holland and
Scandinavia. Senator Chamberlain
said the new order is another example
of the "insnlence' Of Great Britain in
dealing with commercial questions.
I'VE don't seem to do anything ex-
cept to make paper protests" said
Senator Chamberlain. Perhaps that is
all we can do" Senator Chamberlain
a orders taken from seized mail are
in some cases being -.urned over to
British factories.
1T seems 30 me Great Britain is
laying the foundation for the trade
she seeks to get after the war; said
I Senator Chamberlain.