Writing in a recent issue of the Autocar" on the subject of the petrol supplies of Germany, Int. Erik Hildeshoim, of Copeahsgen, The fact la that Denmark, as well as the other Scandinavian nations, Sweden and Norway, have prohibited the export of petrol since the beginning of the war. On August 6 an Act of Parliament was passed forbidding the exportation of all goods useful to belligerent countries, including coal, firewood, petrol, paraffin, and other fuels under penalties ranging from £30 to £600 or imprisonment and the confiscation of the goods.
While most people will admit this to be acting in accordance with the claims of strict neutrality, there may be others who suppose that some Danish petrol dealers would yield to the temptation of German bribes to part with the fuel. Such contingency was not likely to occur, as we were ourselves experiencing serious shortage of petrol, for just when the war began the military authorities in Denmark seized all stores, while at the same time all foreign supplies were stopped from the Galician sources because of the war and from America for lack of suitable tonnage. The tank ships bringing the American petrol oar-goes to Denmark were unfortunately German, and, owing to the operations of the British navy, were captured and taken to British harbours if they had not a wireless installation, as the big tank ship Excelsior, and could be warned to continue the voyage. The Excelsior thus reached a neutral har-hour at Azores.
Shortage in Demmark.
For two months and a half Denmark waa quite short of petrol, which was sold at about 7s. er gallon, so there was no temptation to sell to Germany, nor is there any such temptation at present, as we have only received one cargo in three monthe, © supply which under normal conditions would barely suffice for one month. These nnusual conditions, concurrent with
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