Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1918 — NORWAY AGAINST U. S. PLAN [ARTICLE]

NORWAY AGAINST U. S. PLAN

Economic Life Needs Some Trade Relations With Foe. Washington, Feb. 15—Norway in her reply to the proposals of the United States for a food rationing agreement, made public here by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, head of the Norwegian special mession, offers to guarantee that no American products shall go through Norway to Germany, but declines to meet the full American demands for a restricted export of Norwegian products to the central powers. The statement says Norway’s economic life demands some trade relations with the central" powers. The war trade board declined to state how far the Norwegian counter-proposals are acceptable, but said the negotiations would be continued.