WAR TRADE DEPARTMENT. This important depart ment of the British Government's economic war operations was formed early in 1915 and directed by the late Lord Emmott. To it were entrusted many matters connected with the blockade of Germany and the care of home supplies. It dealt with all appli cations for the grant of licences for the export of goods the sub ject of any official restriction or prohibition. At one and the same
time it had oversight of the details of the blockade and the cor relative supply of British services.