AMERICA'S MIGHTY EFFORT.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13929, 10 July 1917, Page 6

AMERICA'S MIGHTY EFFORT.

CONCERNING AMERICAN FOODSTUFFS. : " ■'. EMBARGO ON*-'EXPORTS. TO NEUTRALS. (Australian Zealand Cable Association.)... Received July 9, at 6;45 p.m. •■' '. NEW YORK, July 8. , A proclamation placing an immediate embargo upon the export of wlieat-for• neutrals -has _beeu issued by President Wilson. Eecrivi'il July 0, at iUop.m,' ~-.., WASHINGTON, July 8, The embargo proclamation becomes effective from the 15th July and is designed to conserve the foodstuffs of the United States, and prevent food and other supplies reaching Germany through neutrals. .".' , '.'.. The proclamation prohibits ■ exportation to any part of the ■ world, including Allied countries, except l>y license of the Department of Commerce. The artirles aflVcted include coal, petrol, and other oils, fuels, wheat and other: grains, flour, meals, fodder' and other feeds, meats,'fats, steel', iron, fertilizer, arms and ammunition. ' ; The law provides drastic penallies.for violations, including forfeitures of vessels carrying the forbidden exports without-bein* licensed. °

JAPAN OFFERS SHIPPING TO AMERICA. PROPOSAL .OPPOSED'IN : 'SOME QUARTERS. (Renter's;Telljgrams,-) '"'■'■ M " ; '' .■'»■'■>• ■••■- Received July 10, at 1.0 a.m ' ' *''']"'' ' " " :1 '' " ' -■• VANCOUVER, July 9. It is stated in administrative circles in Washington that Japan is prepared to furnish the United States with half a million tons ofshipping for transports. The plan is opposed in some quarters in Japan, it being feared that this means the abandonment of Japanese shipping in the Pecific.