30 JUNE 1917, Page 2

Scandinavia and Holland, whose merchants have profited greatly by feeding

Germany while their working people have suffered from the high price and scarcity of food, are directly threatened by the American Embargo Act, which the President is preparing to enforce. The President's object is " to prevent any American products from reaching Germany either directly or• indirectly." Our blockading squadrons will no longer have to intercept American supplies for neutrals on the high spas. Such supplies will be stopped at the source, unless the neutral purchasers can offer an absolute guarantee that the foodstuffs will not be re-exported to the enemy. The position of Holland, which depends on German coal received in exchange for food, is becoming more difficult than ever.