Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-13
GERMAN POTASH
FOR j. 5. TRADE
WILL Be BARRED
While Commercial Relations
With Teutons Are Reopened,
Importation Of Potash, Dyes
and Chemicals Is Barred.
By JUSTIN M'GRArH.

Washington, July 12.-Trade be-
tween the United States and Ger
many is to be immediately resumed.
according to an announcement by
Acting Secretary Polk OF the State
department.. who further said that
within 48 hours a statement setting
fcrth the conditions under which
trade between the two countries
eoulG be carried on pending the
ratification OF the treaty and the
proclamation Of peace, would be is
sued.
Il is understood that all OF the
United States exporters anxious to
do business with Germany will be
( issued blanket licenses by the State
department.. The trading with the
enemy" act is still in force and will
remain in force until\the war is Of
fcally declared at an end by the
president, but its restrictions will
Be circumvenfed by the blanket IL
censes which 1t is proposed to issue.
Potash Among Restrictions.
The only exceptions which will be
made by the State department will
be with respect to dyes, chemicals
and potash.
According to the information
from the State department the great
est needs of Germany-are for cot
ton goods, clothes, leather goods
and raw materials of all kinds.
No Passports to Germany.
The United States, being at war
with Germany, the State department
Is net able TO issue passports to any
American to 60 to Germany. But
this obstacle in the way of reopen
Ing of trade relations between the
two countries will be overcome by
the issuance Of passports to Hol-
land and Denmark, from which
countries the American traders can
enter Germany without any restric-
tons, both of these countries having
beer neutral during the war.
It is understood that Germany
will welcome all traders desiring to
bring in goods which Germany
tieeds, and it is stated that German
business agents who come to the
limited States with passports from
/ Denmark and Holland will be
treated with reciprocal courtesy.
II is understood also that the
State department will send a num-
Der Of business representatives into
Germany to supervise the trading
between Americans and the Ger
Rams. This will have to be done
because there are now no American
consuls in Germany and cannot be
any until the, war formally is over.
II is felt that there will Be need of
supervision for many reasons. One
ID that there is said to be vast
ainount of bad currency now being
circulated in Germany.
Cotton on Way.
It developed today that the ship
ping board had anticipated Presi-
dent Wilson's declarationN that he
considered the blockade lfted by
the action of the German assembly
II Weimar in ratifying the peace
treaty. The shipping board had al
ready started two ships from New
Orleans to Hamburg laden princi-
pally with cotton goods. The Wau-
kegan sailed on June 26 and the
PASSPORT on July 2.
The sailing of these two ships
marked the establishment of a reg
tlar line service between New Or
leans and Hamburg.
Ia regular line service between
New York and Hamburg is to be
established by the American
Hawaiian Steamship company. One
81 the Anerican-Hawaiian ships,
the Ambridge, is now being loaded