Iceland under British rule 1914-1918 # 71080
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Iceland in British rule 1914-1918. By Sólrún B. Jensdóttir.
Chapter titles: - The first years of the war: British naval attention turns to Iceland; Cable on Icelanders; Actions in Iceland due to the war; Interference in the trade of neutral countries; Tougher port blockade measures; Danes warned; Icelandic wool sold to Germany; Wool again under discussion; Exports to Britain and Germany 1915. - British-Icelandic Trade Agreement 1916: Rationing - reduces fish sales to Germany; British-Icelandic negotiations; Provisions of the trade agreement; Disputes over Article 2 of the agreement; Danes protest the British-Icelandic agreement; Germans ask for leniency; Effects of the war: Germans intensify submarine attacks; Shortage of goods looming in Iceland; Renewal of the trade agreement 1917; Allied interest in Icelandic trawlers; Cable accused of improper conduct; British propaganda - missiles a threat to Allied security; Officials resign at British request. - Iceland becomes a sovereign state: Declining trade between Iceland and Denmark; Plans to exchange Iceland and Schleswig; Icelanders warned of "superpower". - Agreement with the Allies 1918: The London talks; The New Deal; Standard Oil interests; Restrictions eased on trade by neutral nations; Icelandic trade free again - Cable says.
Chapter titles: - The first years of the war: British naval attention turns to Iceland; Cable on Icelanders; Actions in Iceland due to the war; Interference in the trade of neutral countries; Tougher port blockade measures; Danes warned; Icelandic wool sold to Germany; Wool again under discussion; Exports to Britain and Germany 1915. - British-Icelandic Trade Agreement 1916: Rationing - reduces fish sales to Germany; British-Icelandic negotiations; Provisions of the trade agreement; Disputes over Article 2 of the agreement; Danes protest the British-Icelandic agreement; Germans ask for leniency; Effects of the war: Germans intensify submarine attacks; Shortage of goods looming in Iceland; Renewal of the trade agreement 1917; Allied interest in Icelandic trawlers; Cable accused of improper conduct; British propaganda - missiles a threat to Allied security; Officials resign at British request. - Iceland becomes a sovereign state: Declining trade between Iceland and Denmark; Plans to exchange Iceland and Schleswig; Icelanders warned of "superpower". - Agreement with the Allies 1918: The London talks; The New Deal; Standard Oil interests; Restrictions eased on trade by neutral nations; Icelandic trade free again - Cable says.