TRADE WITH NEUTRALS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13657, 28 August 1916, Page 3

TRADE WITH NEUTRALS.

AMERICA'S AMAZING HARVEST.: ' BRITISH PRESS SARCASTIC i COMMENTS. (Australian and N.Z, Oalile Assorintinn,) WASHINGTON, August 25. • The trade figures for/July are:— • i .Dollars. . Exports ~ 440,000,000 , Imports .1S:-!,000,000 , . The figures arc a record for .luhybut are'smaller than .rune returns. Received August 2(i,'B.">. p.m.. LONDON, August,2o. The publication of the. American trade returns, showing the enormous iuiTease of imports to neutrals have aroused sarcastic newspaper comment regarding the inefficiency of the block- , ade, Holland lias received one thousand fold more than in pre-war days. The newspapers demand a' complete investigation of the books of the Netherlands Oversea Trust. CHRISTIAN!A, Angpst.2o. . The Afteupost's London correspondent. publishes an interview with Lord Robert Cecil (Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs)- in. reference to Great Britain's new war trade regulations, Lord Robert Cecil said: Great Britain, after increasing her coal exports td Noma), would not. yiew with equanimity Norway exporting her copper output to Great Britain's enemies, while Norway imported copper. Lord Robert Cecil concluded: "Do not forget you are selling copper, niolvbsdenite and nickel to our enemies." ' SMUGGLING INTO AMERICA. EXTENSIVE PLOT UNEARTHED/ (Australian and N,!5, Cable Association.) NEW YORK, August 25, The New York World says: The an rests made in connection with a plot to smuggle 25,00(i dollars worth of jewellery into the United States have revealed the existence-of a private ship express by which Germans in New York regularly send and receive letters to and from agents at Copenhagen bv Scandinavian vessels. Tt is 'alleged that the system violated the United States statutes and defeated the British censorship, The New ork World adds: A representative of the Deutsche Bank admits . giving as much as 100- dollars for the conveyance of a letter to Copenhagen.! The extent to which the system has been used will be investigated.