The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-10-16
Arrangement Between United
Kingdom and Netherlands win
Bring Large Part Of Surplus
Products Across Channel
STRONG PRESSURE IS
FINALLY SUCCESSFUL
United States Helped Its Allies
Through the Squeeze That
Was Felt BY Reason Of Its
Export Licensing Law

w AsHINGToN' October e
w -(Associated Press) A
new food agreement between
Great Britain and the Neither
lands, entered into within the
past few days, has just been
made public. Under its terms,
Britain is to receive a far greater
share Of the surplus food prod
ucts OF Holland than heretofore,
while reduction in the amounts
available for export to Germany
will have to be made.
Under the new agreement, Oh
tanned partially through the Pres
sure brought upon Holland by
the expprt licSlts6 kozsd IS thes
United States, the British win
get half Of the Dutch exports Of
iron, half Of the Iexport of meats.
quarter OF the butte, and two
thirds OF the milk anf other dairy
products.
SHIP sA1LINGs HELD UP
Pending the reEehing of more
equitable agreement respecting
food exports, dutch ships have
remained tied up in American
harbors for many weeks. loaded
but unable to sail through failure
to secure the requisite permission
from the export license board.
The placing of cargo aboard
these ships, even when it was
known that export licenses would
be unobtainable pending negotia-
tions, is explained by the fear OF
the Dutch owners that the United
States would commander the
ships. ...#& I
Vessels lying idle and empty in
American harbors would be subject to
communicating, under international
law, while loaded ships are immune.
German Pact Repudiated '@
The United States refused 10 recog-
nize as equitable the agreement into
which Holland had entered with Ger,
many fixing the percentage Of
exports from the Netherlands which
should go 10 the Central Powers and
to the nations aligned against the Ger
mans in the world war. ).
1t was stated authoritatively that
no American commodities, including
foods, cattle fodder, any dairy products
were to be permitted to enter Holland,
or for that matter any of the northern
neutral nations of Europe, while fats
were being shipped into Germany on the
previous basis.
An authentic translation Of the nego-
tiations which were made the basis Of
the German. Dutch agreement, and
which came into the hands OF govern,
ment officials, Is presented here. With
few alterations, il is stated, the terms
as outlined were recognized by the two
governments involved thrdugh semi.
official agencies. o.
The United States took the position
that Holland could not expect il TO
aid in feeding Dutch cattle TO produce
fats for Germany. While Holland
clung to such an agreement, In order 70
obtain coal and other commodities from
Germany, she would have to depend
upon her own resources 10 keep up her
end of the bargain. aE
What Germany Demanded M
The negotiations show that Germany,
In the direst need for fats TO feed her
armies, demanded that Holland give
her by far the greater proportion OF
certain essential exports. Here are a
few of the demands; M
At least seventy.five percent Of the
total exports of butter.
At least sixty.two and two-thirds per,
cent Of the total exports Of export
cheese. .a 80,
| At least as much pig meat and sau
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