Show CANADIAN WHEAT SEIZED BY ENGLAND ACTION TAKEN UNDER SPECIAL WAR ACT BY CANADIAN GRAIN commission all high grade wh wheat ea t Fleva elevator from fort william to atlantic coast are commandeered estl mated at buhel bushels ottawa ont tho canadian gov eminent has commandeered all high grado wheat in elevators from port fort NV williams Illiams on lake superior to the atlantic coast this action was taken under the special war act all by the th CAn canadyan adlan grain commission tho wheat seized was of grades one hard and one two and three northern it was the property of grain shippers and millers that taken la Is all that which on saturday night was la in public elevators at fort fort william am port arthur midland tiffin port Alc mcnichol Nichol collingwood Co colerich derich King kingston port colborne prescott Pro quebec st john Nion montreal treal and halifax A revised estimate places the amount at rubout 20 bushels A conold erable abou amount t a ts tho the property ty ra american grain dealers the grain was taken saturday Satu iday day night 1 eo 6 0 that grain exchanges should ho be af ai fectea as little as possible it Is offic officially lally stated that the arico will be fairly adjusted and the grain owners promptly paid by the canadian government ern ment it Is estimated that there Is still in canada in the hands of farmers d dealers west of fort wlliam bita bushels hels surplus of wheat available for export it Is er pecked that most ot of this will be taken in the future for the use of great britain france and italy the domestic supply of russia Is more than sufficient to meet the needs of that country had the dardanelles Darda nelles been forced tho the surplus of russian wheat would have bave made the vie present action unnecessary while the wheat just taken was commandeered to nil fill an order from the british government lor for a large quantity of wheat it Is to understood that most of if it will be shipped to italy the canadian government will look after alter the transportation of the grain to td the Atlant atlantie fe seaboard and from there Us its shipment across the ocean will be undertaken by the british government in the samo way that shipments of oats and bay lia hae ve boon been handled for the past year |