BEANS FOR GERMANY.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2856, 29 January 1916, Page 4

BEANS FOR GERMANY.

PROMPT SWEDISH ACTION. A recent number of the Norwegian ' Nie.wcas.tlo and .Shipping Gazette con- I tains some interest my particulars con- | cerning an American vessel which at- | tempted to convey goods through a. j Swedish ipont to tho Germans. In j its issue of November 29 the paper f mieiitioiiied says: — "An American wiud-jammur, the* Andrew Welch, which had called at Jvr.istia.n&land, lias arrived at Halntstad, Sweden, with a cargo of brown beans, aaid the question is who is tho owner, as no one has passed entries. 'Tlie cargo, according to tho simp's papers, is for the Halmstad Flour Mills, but fltat is not a fact,, as tfley knew nothing about it. It'looks as though tho cargo has been sent to Ha'tiLsfad on ' .spec.' . In tho meantime, as tho export of beans is prothe cargo ivill Jiave to remain, and will -not be .allowed to *cave > Sweden. Ib is valued at about £28,000." The same paper of the following day says:— "Tho captain,of the American steel barque Andrew Welch, which is still lying iv the roads, made.,application to tho Customs for permission to leavo for another Swedish port, Ystud, , whore sho (.'an iloat in. The Customs, however have replied that she cannot leave for Ystad, and -as there ;s a strong suspicion that the captain tr.ied_ to get away from Halmstad, tlio Magistrate there has been ordered to keep Jier under guard." Tho final and most interesting referciiro appears in the paper of December. It says:— "Tho Germans want tho cargo, aiul I the (lay before yesterday made an attempt lo gel tho barque away. A German towlmat. entered the roads after dark, presumably with tho intention ')! .!.:oiii:.T alongside tlie barque and gofliiisT her in tow. This movement was noticed by the harbour pilots, who notified the authorities, who despatched a Swedish torpedo-boat to the sco.ue, and after some argument tho floi-man tup; was compelled to go iv to tlio inner harbour, where she was interned. It was found that in -anticipation nf •■oiling away the American vessel bad laid out ten buoys wnn lights, ro as, after lior departure, people would believe she was still tli ere." I