. The Varsity war supplement 1916. Dominion, andImperial Governments* is for Ottawa or Westminster to divulge. Hardlyhad the Declaration of War been heralded when a peremptory order wasissued that no nickel whatsoever be sold. This was done upon the summaryinitiative of the President of the International Company. The order waspatriotically precautionary, general in its application, until there wasclearer insight into the world-wide situation. Krupp; the most influentialof the American hyphenates were ignored. Never having been identifiedwith the International Nickel Company, and since Germany
. The Varsity war supplement 1916. Dominion, andImperial Governments* is for Ottawa or Westminster to divulge. Hardlyhad the Declaration of War been heralded when a peremptory order wasissued that no nickel whatsoever be sold. This was done upon the summaryinitiative of the President of the International Company. The order waspatriotically precautionary, general in its application, until there wasclearer insight into the world-wide situation. Krupp; the most influentialof the American hyphenates were ignored. Never having been identifiedwith the International Nickel Company, and since Germany andAustria combined, owned less than 500 International Nickel sharesout of a total of 1,673,384 Common, and 89,126 Preferred, issued, itwas not incumbent upon the responsible officials to consult those leastconcerned. An acute international crisis; quick discernment of the delicacy of theirposition; recognition of the priority due the Imperial Government, as wellas acknowledgement of obligations to the Dominion Government, led to. View of open pit at Creighton Mine, Copper Cliff 133 THE VARSITY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT a complete embargo upon nickel being imposed by the InternationalNickel Company. History will prove this, despite present misconceptions. Arrangements were elaborated by the Dominion Government wherebynickel could not reach the enemy. The ultimate destination of all nickelsold had to be disclosed to British Consular officials. Individuals wereexcluded from the market for nickel. There was perfect accord betweenthe Allies and the International Company. If Canada could not be pro-vided with a nickel refinery instanter, no nickel was accessible to theenemy. So close was the control that a small quantity of nickel secretedin New York could not be removed until the Deutschland took it by thesubmarine route. Ottawa and Westminster were aware of that Service men kept vigil over it for months. The incident of theDeutchlands nickel cargo rather commends the Inter
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