Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-07
GERMANY GETS
MANY SUPPLIES
THROUGH DUTCH
Produce Of Dutch Farms
Finds Way into Germany
Despite the Blockade.

The Hague, Netherlands, June T.
(Correspondence).-'Every consign-
ment of Dutch cattle exported to Ger
man. costs the lives of sons of
writer. The British blockade of Ger
many is still being evaded by the
weakness of the foreign Offices pol
icy," constantly r%eiterate certain Lon
don journals.
The correspondent Of the Associat-
ed Press is informed by a Dutch au-
thority that, while the vast transit
trade over Holland into Germany has
long since been absolutely cut off by
the British fleet, with the exception
of quite insignificant quantities of
goods smuggled across the frontiers,
Germany is still obtaining consider
able supplies of badly needed goods
from Holland, the produce of Dutch
farms n MANIFESTATIONS, butter.
cheese, eggs, milk, vegetables, meat,
bacon and the like, as we'll as fish
but that q radical alteration has been
brought about in the division Of the
country's surplus products.
Produce to East.
,IJp to the middle Of last year, tho
high prices offered by Germany and
Austria were drawing the great bulk
Of Hollands surplus agricultural pro-
duce over her eastern frontier. and
the normal trade with Britain had
fallen almost to vanishing point.
Holland was thus not only running
great risk of losing its old British
customers permanently. but it became
evident that the country's oversee
supplies of fodder grain might be en-
tirely Gu off IL these continued to be
merely converted into food for Ger
many.
Supplies Divided.
The result was a resolve to divide
the country's surplus food produce
between the entente allies and the
central powers in the same proportion
as before the war, and the agricultural
export bureau was established to con-
tinue that task.
Under an agreement with the semi
official British and General Trading
association, it has for months been
dispatching certain fixed proportions
of exported foodstuffs to the British
market, to France or the Belgian re-
lief commission. while the remainder
all goes to the German trade trust
by the medium of the Central Pur-
chasing company which now mon
opolizes the import of virtually all
foodstuffs in Germany. What part of
these latter goods going eastward
reach Austria is not certainly known.
Both Sides Benefit.
OF butter, o%ne-fourth goes to Brit
ain and three-quarters to Germany;
of cheese, a third to the Great Brit
ain, and the rest to Germany; bacon,
pork and other meat. half to either;
vegetables, a quarter to the Great
Britain and three-quarters to Ger
many; milk, three-quarters to Brit
ain and a quarter to Germany; pota-
Toes and potato flour, half to each:
eggs, up to a quarter to Britain and
the rest to Germany. No arrange
ment has yet come to in regard to the
exportable sugar crop, but probably
half will go either way. Under a sep
arate agreement with the Netherlands
tually all of the Dutch margarine ex-
ports.
Despite ruthless summarizing, the
exports to Britain are proceeding al
usual. The Great Eastern line, for in.
stance, has v vessels In the service
and various Dutch vessels still rur
regularly to British ports.
Dutch Discourage Capture.
incidentally, the Dutch hit upon
neat way of discouraging the taking
in. Of their BOATS to z~eebrugge by Ger
man naval forces. Any England
bound food cargoes SO captured were
reckoned as if they had been export
and the direct exports to Germany re
duced proportionately.
Exports Of any breeding cattle ant
Of horses to Germany fall outside thu
division arrangement.
It is asked, if Holland stops export
to Germany, how much of such in
d~ispensable raw materials as coal an
iron will she receive from that o u
try. not to mention darker p%ossibilitie
with a desperate and half-starvet
armed nation at her door?. The min
lister of agriculture recently pointe'
out that the first effect Of a stoppag
of fodder imports from America, mus
he the slaughter of large numbers 0
cattle and their export by n
means desirable prospect for the en-
tente allies, in view Of the fat famin
in Germany. Germany. too. has
great interest in refraining from in
terfering with Hollands supplies Q
grain and fertilizers from America, a
every diminution thereof must mea
less exports to Germany.
LANTRY PROMOTED.
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