Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-01-15 | Page 1 | Actual Blockade to be Ordered

ACTUAL BLOCKADE I TO BE ORDERED I Great Britain to Announce Rigid Rule Against Ger- H many and Her Allies. H TO ASSERT SEA POWER H Foreign Office Expected to H Adopt Course Advised by H Admiralty and Strictly H Enforce It. H London, Jan. 15, 1:20 p. m. That H Great Britain will soon announce the H establishment of an actual blockade M of Germany and her allies, thereby fl superseding the condition which had' fl been established by the orders-ln- H council, was the statement made to- H day by Americans who have been in H close contact with the British orders- M in-council in consequence of their act- H irig here as representatives of Ameri- H can shippers whose business has been IH effected by the execution of the ord- M An American observer says: M "How strictly an actual blockade M has been enforced is a subject of spec- H ulation. There is no doubt in my H riiind that the recent heavy shipments M to Denmark and the Danish agree- M ment, had a tremendous effect in low- M ering the price of the German mark M and there are many strong adherents, H both in and out of parliament, of the H policy of letting Germany import any- H thing except actual contraband whilo M keeping an iron clad barrier against M her exports."