Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-12
Action Taken Promptly by
Allied Council of Five After
Receiving Official Notice Of
Ratification of Treaty.
u. S. WILL ISSUE
BLANKET LICENSES
Three Ships Loaded and Ready
to Sail for Germany; Direct
Steamship Lines to Hamburg
and Bremen Are Projected.
Hourly temperatures:

Paris, July 11.-(By the Asso-
ciated, Press. 1.-The council OF
five has decided to raise the block
adc against Germany Saturday, il
was announced Friday night.
The councils decision was taken
after receipt of the report of the
legal experts declaring the official
document notifying the council Of
ratification of the treaty by Ger
many to be in due form.
SO far as the action Of the coun-
Gil concerns France, the measure
will be effective only after publica-
ton in the Journal. Officiel of a,
decree annulling the proceeding
DEGREES regarding the blockade.
To Issue Licenses.
Washington, July ll.--With the
lifting of the blockade against Ger
many, trading between that eoun-S
try and the United States as well
as the other associated powers will
begin. 4s
Acting Secretary of State Polk
announced Friday that blanket liz
censes would be issued for transac-
tons of American firms and that de-
tails would be given within 48 hours
after decision by legal experts as to
whether a formal proclamation BY
the president would be necessary.
, Trading in all commodities, ex-
cept dyestuffs, chemicals and pots
ash, control over which will be ex-s
ercised by the reparations commits
sion set up by the peace treaty, will
be unrestricted, it was said Ameri- !,
can firms doing business with Gers
many must send their agents into
that country without passports,
however, as these cannot be issued
until the proclamation of peace. It
also was said at the State DEPART
ment that there was no certainty
when American consu1s would be
sent to Germany.
Payment by Credits.
Payment for the goods which thisr
country sends to Germany must be-
made under system of credits tos
be arranged later through private
capital, officials said. Details as to-
this system have not been worked
out. While Germany has large
quantities of goods ready to be ex-ss
ported, officials doubted that there
would be any great demand for
them in this country and conse-F
quently the trade balance in favor
of the United States is expected toS
be large,
Germany was said to be in imme-
diate and pressing need of raw ma
terials of almost all kinds, particu-
larly cotton and copper, in order to
rehabilitate her industries. Large
amounts of foods have been sent
into that country under direction Of
the inter-allied relief commission.
but it is believed that the demand
for grain and other cereals will be
great. Clothing of all kinds also is
needed
Lines Ships Loaded. a
Three ships for Germany already
have been loaded in American portss
one with cotton and two with gem
eral merchandise, it was said Frii
day at the shipping board, and they
will start overseas as soon as Ii r.
censes for their cargoes have been
issued.
1t also was announced that din
rect steamship lines to Hamburgs
and Bremen would be established
by the board. These lines will ops
crate out of New York, Bosto1s
Philadelphia, Baltimore and south
Atlantic and gulf ports just as soon
as the necessary cargoes are at the
docks. Halstead and Sons, steam
ship owners of Philadelphia, will
manage and operate for the board 4
a line from Philadelphia ton Ham
burg. One ship will be aliocated
to this firm at once and additional
ships as cargoes available require. +
In announcing resumption of
trade relations, Acting Secretary
Polk pointed out that the trading
tl1e-enemy act was not abro-
gated and that the action of the
government was not to be con-
strued as meaning that the state ofs
war had ceased to exist. The war
will be at an end only with the rat
iflcation of the peace treaty, it was
said, and the trading-with- the-ene ii
my act will remain in force until ii A
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