The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-27
AGREEMENT With NORWAY.
EXPORTS TO GO FROM UNITED
STATES.
Ship to &c Released and Permitted to
Sail With Cargo Badly Needed.

Washington, Feb. ga complete
economic agreement in which Great
Britain and the other allies are in ac-
cord has been reached between the
United States and Norway. The terms
have not yet been made public.
Announcement Of the successful
conclusion of negotiations between
the war trade board and DR.. Friediof
Nansen, the Norwegian commissioner.
which have extended over several
months, was contained in this state
ment issued by the board tonight
through the committee on public in
formation.
The war trade board, acting in har-
mony with a similar decision of the
British government in regard to the
Norwegian steamer Alfred Bobel has
decided to release the Norwegian
steamer Kim, now lying in an Ameri-
can port, and permit it to proceed to
Norway with it's cargo of oil cake for
fodder purposes. DR.. Nansen, Nor
wegian commissioner in the United
States, has been informed of this de-
cision which was taken in view of
the fact that the general negotiations
with Norway have reached point
where nothing remains except the
drafting Of the agreement.
Both cargoes. that of the Alfred
Nobel, comprising -four and other
foodstuffs were loaded in the Argcn-
tine and are covered by the new Nor
wegian rationing agreement about to
be drafted
Although the terms of the final
agreement have not been made public
Norway. in a note handed to the war
trade board, February IA, in reply to
a mem morandum of the board of Jan
uary 26, acceded to most Of the Amer
lean demands. 1t refused, however, to
agree not to export to the central
powers many of it's own products, in
Guiding ingredients OF munitions and
supplies Of war, on the ground that it
depended upon Germany for many
necessary commodities and had to
furnish that country supplies in re-
turn.
These conditions were agreed to
by Norway:
That it would permit no American
products to go to the central DOW
ers.
That it would not export to the
central powers any of it's own pro-
ducts replaced by imports from Amer
lea. l
That it would limit it's expectation
of fish and fish products to the CEN
trail powers to $4,000 tons annually.
That in exporting to neutrals, it
would require guarantees that they
would not allow to reach the central
powers any products which Norway
agreed not to export direct to those
countries. ,u'
That where machinery, coal, oil,
Kerosene of other auxiliaries import
ed from the United tSates, were used
in producing commodities in Norway
the product should not be shipped to
the central powers.
That it would institute q rationinr
system for it's population.
In addition. Norway agreed to limit
its necessary expectations to the CEN
trai powers. and, in compensation for
essential supplies from the United
states, and its associates, offered the
far predominant part of it's exnorts
surplus" to America and the allies
In addition to the exceedingly i'm
portant service and sacrifice which
the Norwegian merchant marine has
rendered during the war"
After the receipts of the ren,v
some officials here contcnded Nor
way should not be pressed for the
acceptance of terms which she re-
CARDS as impossible Of fulfllment.
Ihey pointed to Norway's friendli-
ness to the allies, her apparent readi
ness TO meet conditions imposed by
America in so far as her own needs
would permit and the fact that her
SHIPS despite ruthless attacks by
German submarines. had continued to
neip carry the worlds commerce.
'hus releasing allied shipping for war
work.
Norway is largely dependent upon
the United States and the allies for
iood as we'll as for other commodities.