Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-21
CLAIMED BRITISH
ORDERS WILL NOT
|NJURE SHIPPING
American Government Given
Informal Assurances That
Blockade Measures Are
Not Stringent.
EXPLANATIONS DEMANDED
State Department Begins In
curry While Senate Leaders
Hasten to Urge Retail
iatory Acts.
EXPLANATIONS DEMANDED

Washington. Sept. 1S.-While the
state department is investigating the
latest British order restraining COM
merce to Norway, Sweden, Denmark
and Holland, officials are in some doubt
as to whether it affects American
goods already covered by letters of as
surance through the operation OF he
Netherlands overseats trust.
British embassy officials say 1t does
not. They say hat 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
the state departmental cablegram
from Consul General Skinner dated
September 1l-seems to support the
view that the new order actually works
no change for it says, ut 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:
further export licenses or other facilities
will be given until October /. or until fur
Their notice by the British government for
the Shopment of the following goods to
the countries named:
Denmark oils and fats, apricot kernels,
borate OF lime, borax and boron COM
pounds, b%ristles. egg yolk and albumen,
grass seeds, hair, meat, sage, starcles.
sulphur; powdered tale. tapioca, tea vege-
table fibres. vegetable oils and oil seeds
Excluding soye seeds).
Norway-Beef castings, borax and boric
compounds. cocoa, coffee, nickel, pitch,
sheepskins, powdered tale, tar and tar
oils.
sweden-Antimony. apricot kernels.
binder Irvine. bristles, carnavaba wax.
honey, leather. margarine (raw materials
used In manufacture OF, meat, peach ker-
starches, sisal. steel (high speed), tea.
turpentine and turpentine oil.
ea Met Un11f nnd ena a1h,,,, - br, aa t /, FEES e;
matches. pitch, preserved and canned
vegetables, fbres and yeast.
Holders of unexhausted licenses for
communicate with the war trade depart
ment. The foregoing restrictions have
been ngreed to by the allies and applied
articles mentioned are those alleged to ex-
coed the normal requirements Of such
countries. As stocks decline articles will
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. It is
presumed that American goods already
covered by letters of assurance will noe
be stopped.
Change Is Denied.
Absolutely no change of policy has
been made by England in months, az
cording to officials at the British
embassy. The plan to allow only
enough imports in to neutral states con-
tlSuous to Germany to provide hem
%ith 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 that when the MAXI
mum stock in any country is reached
no more letters of assurance" are
given to Americans and no more
licenses are given to British exporters.
interest in the 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 m
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 commer-
c1al treaty of 1915.
Renewed cutlery against British dis
elimination against American trade
has gone up here on account of the new
restriction Of trade with Holland, and
Scandinavian countries. Senators who
have urged a probe Of the Canadian
government lobby pointed to the latest
restriction as fresh evidence that the
United States is being hampered in a
lIaue way al every opportunity. Thcy,
said the lobby inquiry would throw :
flood of light on the methods the Brit
lsh are using.
Calls 1t InsoIence.
Senator Chamberlain, author of the
movement against the Canadian gov
rnmen lobby in the fisheries contro-
yersy. talked today about the new
British order intended to restrict GER
tam American exports to Holland and
Scandinavia. Senator Chamberlain
said the new order is another example
of the "ins"lence" of Great Britain in
dealing with commercial questions.
W. don't seem to do anything ex-
cept to make paper protests said
Senator Chamberlain. Perhaps that is
all we can do" Senator Chamberlain
says orders taken from seized mail are
in some cases being turned over to
British factories.
TT seems to me Great Britain is
laying the foundation for the trade
she seeks to get after the war" sale
Senator Chamberlain.
Modify Blacklist Order.
The American embassy at London
was requested to confirm published le-
ports of Great Britain's latest block
AIDE order against United states .ilip-
ments to Holland and SCANDINAVIAN
countries and explain It's scope and et-
feet upon American commerce.
American Consul General Skinner
cabied today that the BLACK list order
had been modified to permit their ma
rine Assurance companies to UNDER
write insurance on property of black
listed United States concerns. It does
not apply to Philippine or Porto Rican
concerns or the black list
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