The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-04
Americas Control of Worlds
Food Exercised Against
Common Foe
NORTHEUROPE NEUTRALS|
FACE HUNGRY WINTER
Must Give Satisfactory Guar
antee That Supplies Do Not
Reach Cerrnany-Coal and
Steel Control Factors Of I'M
portance

Washington, Oct. s.--All the huge
weight of Americas control of the
worlds supplies now has been thrown
against Germany. Though no amer
lean shot has yet shattered German
trench the weight OF Americas blow at
Germany's midrtn Is strlkingly Illus
trated IN today's developments at
Washington.
l. It was directly due To the repre-
sensations Of the United States that
Great Britain repudiated her agree
ments to victual the northern neutra}s.
With these greenents out of the way
the United States. through its exports
control, can and viii absolutely stop
the leak of fats and other foods into
Germany
9. Il was for the diversion of Ar
gentlne supplies from the neutrals
bordering on Germany that the Lux
burg kilograms were exposed II Ar
gentfne and the other South American
countries fail to see in this the course
they should follow the United states
has other means Of assuring that Ar
Eentine's great crons end the assist
ancc Of other SouFh ffnerlran rot1n-
tries vii not reach Nogthern Europe,
This VIII be Zone through refusal 70
give South American ships bunker
coal and refusal to fura'sh ccal for
the industries o. South America.
Japan Must Furnish More ships
Z Quiet unofficial yet farcefW' M
t'ee Vta@ served upon I4nan TODAY that
s'ee s~eHsf 10 u-nrs Tor the allied rausa
81 the was- ~ SHIPS or thrcggh the
EXPORTS control Of American steel. JA-
ran wiz We made To suffer
Thur the lnited StAtes(s revealed a
THE well-nigh absolute dictator % he
sunrltes ~ all thr wnrid
Feeaans the most striking rsartfeS-
ta.saas ~ This position ~ IN Great
Fritains action Of Yesterday when
tbs news nf the Reputation OF the
~ fish vsctuHl}inE agreem reach
r. here officials showed n1 surprise
his was but the frassiou ot months Of
negotiations
Great Britain WINS convinced Of the
truth OF the figures some time ago
raade public So the United States
showing enough fats leaking into
Germany from Scandinavia to sustain
trm Tv fNs}a tftS meHG sarvfts' . fs~aat ,tTsYf,
tatn was ejsnviT.ceayf 't4iAt f4le strong
policy Of the United States could not
he effectively carried out unless Great
Prftafn's policy was made TO conform
with It The Britiah authorities were
told that the United states could
pursue this policy when she WAC not
sure that shipment 20 ENGLAND from
TIE United states would not be trans
shipped 10 the neutrais
No Stacking IT Embargo Policy.
II can he stated that there will he
no stacking Of the American embargo
policy Not q thin hlertii Of grain or
Fodder will 20 TO Holland or Scandi-
navfa until the United States ~ con-
WINGED that the trading Of these ooun-
tries with Germany has absolutely
cea sed j
The effect Of the tightening of the
retns In the hands nf the United
States was plainly ~eeu here today
Faron Akerhielm, the Swedish conn
eeilor OF legation, began a hurried
courtney to Stockholm 1t IL believed
THAT he IS carrying 20 his government
D picture Of the determination with
which the United states views the
Mutation. Tho allies have classed
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