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Show GREAT BRITAIN 010 NOT ORDER WHEATSEIZURE Request Was Made That a Certain Amount Be Secured; Se-cured; Dominion Then Commandeered. PRICE GOES UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY Exporters in New York Are Somewhat Alarmed Over Situation, Which Is Not Shared in Other Cities. LONDON, Nov. 29, 6:15 p. m. The official press bureau made tho followiiiK statement: "With reference to the an-noujiconient an-noujiconient from Ottawa on November No-vember -28 that the Canadian government gov-ernment had commandeered 16,000,-000 16,000,-000 bimhols of wheat at tho request of the British government, the board of agriculturo states that tho British government has made no such request and that at present pres-ent they have no information on the subjoct." WIN N I PK(i, Nov. 2P. Trading in wheat futures will be resumed tomorrow tomor-row on the Winnipeg prftin exchange. President Milner announced tonight aftr a conference that the council had decided to open the market tomorrow for . trading in evervthinc except November No-vember wheat. Tt was also nnnoum'ed that tho government gov-ernment has decided to permit loading of American boats with conimaDderrnd wheat, provided the wheat is billed to the order of the government and with the stipulation that the grain is loaned and mnt he ret urn ed from wheat unloaded un-loaded at terminals after the commandeering comman-deering order become effective. Hills of lading will be held by the Lake Shippers Ship-pers f'lparnnco, association until such time ns the wheat is returned. l.ale today the council of the grain ex-rhango ex-rhango posted Jn the trading room the following not ice : .Members of the Winnipeg grain ex-rhaugf ex-rhaugf are hereby notified of a resolution reso-lution of the council withdrawing the facilities providing for the trading in November wheat future contracts during dur-ing the session of Tuesday, November 30, but the council continues the usual facilities for trading In December and Ma y whea t f ul uren, as well as the usual facilities for trading in flax, oats and barley. PRICES ARE FIXED FOR GRAIN TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 29. The subcommittee sub-committee of the Dominion cabinet fixed the prices which are to be paid the dealers deal-ers whose wheat lias been peremptorily oin inandeci od. After prolonged consid-eration consid-eration and conferences with the representatives repre-sentatives of the Interests affected, It was decided that the prices to be applied are those which ruled at the closing of the markets In Winnipeg on Saturday, namely, $1.01- per bushel for No. 1 northern, $1.0:i'fi for No. 2 northern and floi cents for No. 3 northern. The claims put forward by dealers today to-day for extra compensation, on the ground that they will be unable to execute contracts con-tracts with millers and others for a supply sup-ply of wheat, are not to be entertained and on payment of the prices Indicated the liability of the government Is to be discharged. Something like 20,000,000 bushels are to be taken over in this consignment, and It Is stated here by competent officials that it would not be surprising if the bulk of Canada's exportable surplus Is acquired in this manner, although the commandeering commandeer-ing process may not again be invoked. GREAT BRITAIN MAY SMASH THE FREIGHT RATES NEW YORK, Nov. 29. The commandeering com-mandeering of Canadian wheat by the Canadian government was Interpreted here today by grain exporters 'as possibly the first step by England not merely to take over all Canadian grain, but to smash ocean freight rates by requisitioning requisition-ing the Atlantic freighters. Exporters regarded re-garded the situation as undoubtedly seri-ious seri-ious from their point of view. Julius Barnes, one of the leading exporters ex-porters on the New York produce exchange, ex-change, asserted th t the British gov-erment gov-erment could virtually d rive the American Ameri-can grain exporter out of business if it chose. "The seizure of Canadian grain," he said, "has left us all at sea. None of us ! know yet jusl what It means, but If the British government intends, as is possible, to take over all of the Canadian grain (Continued on Page Three.) GREAT BRITAIN DID NDTJEKEM (Continued from Page One.) . ron, it is kohis to put us In a serious position." Kor some time there bas lieen a rumor current in New VorK ex port ins circles that Crcat Britain intended to take over all her Atlantic merchant marine as a drastic step toward breaking the hlRh freight rates. Mr. Barnes declared that the Canadian Rrain seizure looked very much like the first step in this direc- lion- . . , li also was reported teat the sratn Maa bnen cnmnianoVered on behalf of Italy, the Italian government having tiffed ihe step on London in order to escape the heavy burden of the present L. per cent rate "of exchange against il in New York. J. Ward Warner, president of the produce pro-duce ex'-hanee. discounted tills report, as lie said he understood Italy was not making mak-ing individual purchases, but that pram was being boimhd in common for England. Eng-land. tYance and Italy. "The only ex plana t ion I can offer of thin new move," aid Mn Warner, "is that certain speculators have been holding wheat in the Canadian elevators for a big rise and that the Canadian government has a'ded to check them. But it ts impossible im-possible to tell just now what ft does mean." The wheat market here was active and somewhat excited today over the news and prices were higher. |