THE BRITISH BLOCKADE
AN AGREEMENT WITH DANISH MERCHANTS. By Telegrapt—fresa Association—CopyriffM (Reo. January 7. 6.50 p.m.) London, December 6. In tli© House of Commons Sir J. B. Lonsdale asked for particulars of the agreement witli the Merchants' Guild at Copenhagen, and whether that agreement permitted the re-export of goods to belligerents. Lord Robert Cecil (Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs) said that the. agreement was based on the principle that there would be an effective distinction between bona-fide neutral and enemy, overseas trade. The Admiralty had approved or it. Lord Robert Cecil emphatically denied Lord Charles Beresford's suggestion that this was a further surrender of our sea power, or a distinct advantage to Germany and a disadvantage to Britain which would bo likely to prolong tto war.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2638, 8 December 1915, Page 5
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125THE BRITISH BLOCKADE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2638, 8 December 1915, Page 5
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