Arrangements have been made, as we are informed by the
Times of Wednesday, by which the chance of grain being conveyed into Germany from neutral countries will be reduced. Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, which at the outbreak of war prohibited the export of grain, have now prohibited the carriage of grain from the port of arrival to any other port by sea. The risk of a cargo being transferred to a German ship during a coasting voyage is thus eliminated. Italy has not prohibited export, but some of the largest grain houses, at great loss to themselves, are refusing to trade with her. The Foreign Office has informed the United States that a large amount of American mineral oil has found its way into Germany through neutral countries. We hope that American shippers will not ignore an appeal for considerate conduct. Mineral oil is, of course, an essential of modern warfare.
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