Arizona republican., 1917-09-02
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WASHINGTON, Sept. Publications that the United States intends to ra tion the northern European neutral countries in the strictest fashion were seen today in the admission that the exports administrative board had dis approved an arrangement suggested by the Dutch minister here and the Bel gian relief commission for division be- tween Holland and Belgium of the nearly 100 Dutch grain cargoes held in American ports.
 The first news that permission for the ships to sail had been denied came today in a dispatch from Rotterdam. The general understanding had been that the arrangement would be ap- proved and that some of the vessels would sail immediately.
 The export board, it was learned will let no food cargoes go to European neutrals for at least two months or until the American government has ascertained it's own food requirements for the year and the size of crops to be harvested All ethe neutrals, it is held. can feed themselves without diff ficulty until this Information is avail able. The United States wishes to know also the size of the 1917 crops in neutral countries.
 Ii was made clear that the United States has no intention of letting neu- trals go hungry but emphasis was laid on the fact that the government feels its first obligation as to the American feople and the allies.
 A counter proposal made to the Dutch which the other neutrals are invited to accept is that all neutral vessels now in Amesican ports loaded with foodstuffs discharge their cargoes and proceed to Australia and Java for wheat and sugar. These cargoes would be brought back to the United States and vidided between the United States and neutrals. American government officials feel that in asking the United 1 States to supply them with foodstuffs, | the neutrals should be willing to in crease the general food supply. This l they would do in transporting food | cargoes from Australia and Java, where large supplies cannot be moved | because of the general lack of ship | ping.
 The neutral ships would have re- | turned within two months and by that | time the United States would be in a | better position also to say how much l it can spare from it's own food store. Most of the Dutch ships in American | ports are loaded with corn which has spoiled and is fit only for cattle This | was taken into consideration by the | exports board which held that the need for cattle feed is much greater | now in the United States than in Hol- land. It is not known how the neutrals
 will look on the suggestion that all
 their ships, numbering about 150 dis
 charge food cargoes, vut it is known that Chevalier van Rappard, the Dutch
 minister does not view it with favor
 MT. Van Rappard takes the position
 that his government already is making
 great concessions in offering to share
 its food cargoes with the Belgians.
 The food administration had ap- proved the arrangement entered into | between the Dutch minister and the
 relief commission.
 Announcement today in Ottawa that
 a representative of the food admin
 stration had concluded an agreement
 whereby the Canadian and American
 governments will work in closest CO.,
 operation in the administration of foof
 control drew the statement there that
 with Canadian assistance supervision
 of food distribution and control O.
 prices in the United States will bt
 made much easier. Canada now is ex.
 pected to fix a wheat price identica
 with the American scale. Telegrams reaching the food admin
 istration from various interest. through the country generally approve 1 the wheat prices fixed. Protests ar
 rived from both Chicago and St. Loui today however, where each city con
 tends that the other was favored in tho
 schedule of differentials announced h,
 the wheat corporation.