AMERICA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 12 July 1917, Page 5

AMERICA.

UNITED STATES' POSITION

NOT AT WAR WITH AUSTRIA, BUL-

GARIA NOR TURKEY

FIRST CASE UNDER EXPORT EM-

BARGO LAW

(Renter Message.)

LONDON, July 11

In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil stated tha<t the United States was not at war with Austria. Bulgaria or Turkey. No South American republic was actually at war with Germany.

WASHINGTON, July 11. Denmark has applied for a license to export meal cakes. The export council has withheld its decision until Denmark proves that the cakes are not to be used to fatten cattle for shipment to Germany. This is the first import case imder the embargo law.