The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-26
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UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
LONDON, Jan. 26.-The British
government has virtually decided to
stand pat on lts present trade regula-
tlons and will make no ,nouncement
Of blockade Of tho So German
coast in paHiment thi .ernoon, the
majority Of we'll Inf sd parliament
tary writer's asreee Say. Only a
few papers eIuno = s belief that tho
cabinet will annoy 9 radical change
Of policy. The :. nrown about Ger
many by the es SO regulations may
be tlghtened Sme respects, but It
was the gene ,eiIef Of the newspa-
pers that the sabinet has decided
asainst any revolutionary change In
policy. The storm Of protest raised
In the United States and In Sweden,
some Of the papers broadly limited,
has cooled the ardor Of advocates Of
the blockade II It has not had Its ef-
feet upon the government. The news
papers gave prominent display to the
premier in his Riksdag speech yester-
day and the Daily Telegraph and the
Daily News cautioned the government
against any action likely to Involve
Great Britain with neutrals.
3 "The firebrands Of the press have
demanded that we brush neutrals out
Of our path with / strong hand, but
what would be the position Of the en-
tente allies If the vast resources Of
the United States ceased to be at
their comn1and?" demanded the News.
There 10 reason to believe that
the foreign secretary Will announce
this afternoon that the government
has reached no Important decision
with reference to the foundations Of
our policy" said the Telegraph.
"Thls country may be content with
the present measures, which II appar-
emily slow, are sure, and which -hith-
erto have been adopted without any
severance Of friendly relations with
the neutral powers. We have had ex-
perierces Of the past consequences Of
imperious and overbeartno conduct"
Formal debate on the blockade Is
sus was expected TO open with the ein-
troduction of a resolution fndorsing
such a drastic step by Arthur Shirley
Benn, conservative. Sir Edward
Grey was counted upon to answer for
the government with sweeping de-
nial Of the charge that the present
"bfockade" had been Ineffective.
Bitter debate was expected, the
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government with charges Of unwilling
ness to take strong, aggressive action.
NoRsEMAN NOT SUNK.
LONDON, Jan. 26.-The Dom lnion
liner Norseman, reported In yester-
days Liverpool dispatches to have
been sunk, did not 90 to the bottom,
but was beached, Il was learned to-
day. There were no casualties among
the crew.
The Norsenan formerly in service
between Liverpool and Portland,
Maine, and Canadian ports, made her
last voyage from America late In No
carrying war cargo to Llv-
erpool. She was then Communicated
by the British admiralty.
SUPPORT GOVERNMENT.
BRISTOL, Eng, Jan. 26.-5y big
representatives of more
than 1000 900 English IaborIng men
today adopted a resolution pIedging
their support to the British govern
ment. The resolution was passed
amid cheers shortly after the three
day session Of the labor conference
opened. With the same majority, the
delegates adopted 4 resolution con-
demnino German atrocities in France
and Belgium. The resolution OF sup
port refraIned from mentioning con-
scription which Is practically certain
to meet with strong denunciatlon in
70 be presented late today
or. tomorrow. VIM. Crawford Ander-
son, labor member Of parliament, who
presided, sounded the keynote Of at
tack on conscrlption when he declar-
ed compulsory service not only DOOM
ed to certain failure, but certain to
cause bitterness among the workers.
at 10 impossible for democracy and
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