File No. 763.72112/644
The Minister in Sweden (Morris) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Stockholm,
January 22, 1915, 3 p. m.
[Received January 23, 8.30 a. m.]
[Received January 23, 8.30 a. m.]
16. Department’s January 21, 6 p. m.1 Foreign Office states comparisons in values set out by Great Britain unfair for reason prices greatly enhanced since outbreak of war; that only fair comparison is by weight or volume.
Foreign Office furnishes following approximate statistics of Swedish imports for November–December 1913, and same period 1914:
| [1913] | [1914] | |||
| Cotton | 4,000 | tons | 9,000 | tons |
| Grain and food products | 108,000 | tons | 88,000 | tons |
| Sulphur | 7,000 | tons | 11,000 | tons |
| Mineral oils | 30,000 | tons | 32,000 | tons |
| Copper | 1,700,000 | [kilograms] | 3,000,000 | kilograms |
Complete statistics available about February 1.
Morris
- Not printed.↩