The American Government have made it clear to Scandinavia and
Holland that they will receive no foodstuffs from America " so long as these countries continue to assist the Central Empires directly, or by indirect methods such as the use of oil for the opera- tion of fishing craft, or lubricating oil, and the conversion of fodder into dairy products." The Northern neutrals have not supplied America with details concerning their food supplies, nor have they ceased to export large quantities of food to Germany, despite the warning that America would reduce by the same amount any allowance from her surplus stocks that she might decide to make to the neutrals. The embargo on trade with there will therefore continue until they give America " some guarantee that the supplies furnished will not be turned against us to prolong the war and to kill our sons." As the Northern neutrals have had bad harvests. and Iran make up the deficiency only by importing corn from America, they must choose between continuing their profitable trade with Germany, which benefits their merchants, and facing the embargo, which will mean privation for the masses. Their welfare is in their own hands.
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