The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-28
NEEDS OF NEUTRALS
WILL BE SUPPLIED
Grain Laden Ships to Sail for Home
at Once to Let BelgianS Have
One-Third OF Their Fo0d Pro-
ducts Carg0eS

Washington. Aug. 24-E,i3ians will
get food quickly and neutrals will
have some of their wants suprilee,
through an arrangement entered into
today by the food committee and the
neutral countries.
1t was decided 70 let - or more
Dutch ships sail at once from an A.
lantic port carrying grain owned Dy
The Netherlands government on con-
dition that the greater part Of tHe
cargo shall be used foc the relief Of the
Belgians.
It was also announced that the
Swedish mission has sold at cost
$4,000 bushels of rye N this coun-
try to the Belgian commission The
rye was bought by the Swedish gov
ernment last January and has been
held in elevators ever since. This
will go forward Immediately in ships
to be secured by the Belgian commits
sion and will take the cargo of sew
eral large freighters.
The Swedish government will be
allowed to ship 225,000 bushels of ryc
of the new American crop which will
be available in September.
Conferences between American food
administration officials and neutral
countries representatives have been
underway for several weeks.
IA Sweden Needs Grain
|& Sweden is understood to need grain
8adly and in return for this commod-
ty proposed to allow the United
States use of it's tonnage.
1t is understood that this offer IN
part has been accepted.
One of the propositions made By
Holland was to turn over to the use
of the trade of the entente allies a
large share of her merchant feet. on
condition that the ships were not 70
be sent into the danger zone. Nor
way would let her ships go without
any such proviso Holland maintain
ed it would be almost commercial sui
eide to risk her ships, as it might
cut off her immediate colonial trade.
Ghevalier Vanrappard, The Neither
lands minister, presented the claims
and needs of his country and neso-
tiated until the proposition finally
given him by Mr.. Hoover was Of such
a nature that he advised The Meth
er1ands government to accept Ie.
There has been delay until there was
danger that the wheat in the ships
would rot. The agreement is under
stood to provide that one-thi-d Of
the grain is for Hollands own use
and the remainder for the Belgians
Ut is understood also that the use
of the ships will be given this country
by both Norway and Holland for such
trade as does not conflict with United
States laws, thus releasing mucn
American and allied tonnage for the
carrying of munitions and troops. Con-
.gress probably will be asked to make
it legal for ships under foreign flag.
but with American charter, to engage
in the coastwise trade.
sRl. Get Part of Old Crop
What arrangement is to be made "a
meet the needs of Switzerland and
Denmark could not be learned TO-DAY
but the general understanding is tha.
a certain amount OF the old crop OF
wheat, with some fats, will be allow
ed to these countries, as we'll as to
Norway, Sweden and Holland.
y In every case a promise is obtained
from the neutrals that no materia!
furnished them under this agreement
Is to be reexported to countries with
whom the allies are at war. Neutrais
have contended that nothing was ex-
ported in 'ekind" but one of the main
difficulties in reaching an: agreement:
has been the knowledge that cattle
fed with American grain were SOLD
either on the hoof or as meat to Ger
many and that cheese butter from
COWS fed on forage from America
went to the central powers.