EXPORT EMBARGO PROCLAMATION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 10 July 1917, Page 5

EXPORT EMBARGO PROCLAMATION.

JAPANESE OFFER OF SHIPPING

WASHINGTON, July 8. The embargo proclamation will come into effect on July 15. It is designed to conserve foodstuffs for the United States and to prevenjt food and other supplies reaching Germany through neutrals. The proclamation prohibits the exportation to any part of the world, including allied countries, except by license of the Department of Commerce. The articles affected include coal, petrol and other oils and fuels, wheat and other grains, flour, meals, fodder and other feeds, meats, fats, steel, iron, fertilisers arms and ammunition. The law provides drastic pen. alties for violations, including forfeit^ ures of th.c vessels carrying the forbidden exports unlicensed. NEW YORK, July 8. I resident Wilson has issued a proclamation placing an immediate embargo upon the export of wheat for neutrals. (Reuter Service.) i . VANCOUVER, July 9. I ,\}s stated in Administration circles at Washington that Japan is prepared to furnish the United States with half a milium tons of shipping for transports. The plan is opposed in some' quarters in Japan, fearing that it means the abandonment of Japanese shipping! m the Pacific. 1V 5