On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 38, 20 January 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

NORTH AMERICAN WHEAT rr.thjii'fS. I i j COMMENT IN SHIPPING CIRCLES i'mtkh Pukss Assoo„moN.j i iJoceivcd 8.10 a.m.) Loudon. January 19. Tlie Times draws attention to a circular issued by the Runcimnn Cornpuny, London, inviting tonnage for Norti] American.whe«rt on behalf of the British, Italian and French Governments at Freight ranging From His to 22s Od a quarter. The circular is being freely discussed in the Baltic, and there is much comment on the fact oi the British Government countenancing sue!) extraordinary rates and tile possible immunity of such vessels From being requisitioned. | THE HOLLAND-AMERICAN LINE. ACTION 3Y THE BRITISH NAVY (Received 8.10 a.m.) Rotterdam, January 19. The British Navy detained six Hol-land-American liners, . but they were |ullowed to proceed conditionally on the j foodstuffs iu the cargo being submitted : to a British Prize Court. GERMAN TORPEDOER WRECKED IN THE BALTIC. ALL HANDS DROWNED. ■ . (Received 8.30 a.m.) Copenhagen, aJnuary 19. A German torpedoer named Cuter was wrecked on Aerol island, and ii is believed the crew were drowned. DELAY IN BLOCKADE PLANS. THE RIGHTS OF BELLIGERENTS. SUCCESTED ARRANGEMENTS. (Received 8.30 a.m.) Washington, January 19. "It i s stated that the'delay in P ut ' ting the Blockade plans into effect is attributed to the reluctance of France, and possibly Italy, to accept the British view of the rights of belligerent. It is rumoured that Franco objects to the right of the blockade of a neutral port, and probably, that the arrangement should be that Britain would enforce the blockade in the North Sea and France and Italy in the Mediterranean. WASHINGTON DESFATCHES. ALLIES ON COMMON GROUND. THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION DOCTRINE. GERMAN-AMERICAN PRESS SHRIEKS. (Received 8..'50 a.m.) London, January 19. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Washington says despatches declare that England ha s secured the assent of the Allies to a formal blockade of German ports. England was perfectly prepared for protests from Neutrals, and recognised that here a united front should be presented by the Allies to disconcert the GermanAmerican representatives, who hoped to confine the discussion to London, without reference to the Allies. The programme contemplates the virtual extension of the blockade to European Neutrals by a rigorous application of the ultimate destination doctrine, with the object of preventing indirect trade with the Teutonic Powers. Such an object is approved here, except by the German-American press, which shrieks deliriously, and adds that the Britsh ha s regarded such neutral ports as Rotterdam and Malmo as practically German ports during the war, and is only closing them to German commerce. Could the plans for starving the Austrians and Germans be effective, the disposition in some quarters in America is to welcome the blockade as an effective way of ending the war. AMERICAN TRADE. IF BRITAIN GETL TO WORK. (Received 10. !■"> a.m. London, January 19. The New York World says that an actual effective blockade would intereFere with American trade, but in a lawful manner and whenever Britain is prepared to undertake such a blockade America is bound to acquiesce.