The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-31
SAYS J. 5. COULD | END EUROPEA WAR IN THREE MONTHS
Iowa Representative Attacks Dollar Neutrality" and Says We Are Incurring
 German Displeasure

Washington, December 3O,-That the United States could end the European war in three months by cutting off ex- port of war material, was the assertion of Representative Voltner of Iowa today | before the House foreign affairs commit tee. With Representative Barthodt, he indorsed a resolution to indorse the Pres ident in his discretion to prohibit such exports.
 President Wilson," he said. suspend ed the embargo of export of arms and munitions to Mexico in the interests of 1 true neutrality as against neutrality on paper"
 1 The right of Congress to impose an embargo, he said, was fully established and the only question at issue was one of national policy"
 | ''I maintain," said Representative Volt ner, that this resolution is in line with the historic reputation of this nation as the greatest advocate of peace It is not in line with that reputation to sup ply the instrumentalities of murder to | European nations. Are we to take the position of the arch-hypocrite among the nations? Are we to go upon our knees and pray to God for peace and at the same time supply the death dealing in struments to Europe?
 We are now in the position of sending dollars for Belgium and dumdum bullets for Germany"
 Germany United Representative Voltmer emphatically declared:
 Germany cannot be beaten in this war Her people are united and determined to fight to the last drop of blood. If this war continues it will go on and on until all the world is dragged down to bank ruptey. -
 There is only one nation whose lines of national interest are hopelessly op- posed to ours. I do not hesitate to pre- | dict that Japan proposes to hold, not only Kiaehau, but the islands of the sea which she has seized She desires to l secure the unlimited possibilities of the rapidly developing trade of China. as against the world. Some day this issue I must be tried out in the Pacific, and | it may be to the interest of this country to have powerful friend at her side , Do you think the German govern ment expects us seriously to pass such a resolution as this?" asked Chairman l Flood.
 "l believe. and persons who nave been in Germany say, replied Repre- l sentative Voltmer, that the Germans look with grave displeasure on ship | ments of arms to the allies.'
 Dollar Neutrality | Representative Bartholdt told the committee that "by dollar neutrality | the United States was alienating the friendship of Germany and Austria.
 That friendship has been unbroker | since the beginning of this govern ment," he said. "We ought to pre- serve it. The alliance of Great Britain with the yellow race is not good omen for our future in the Pacific | We are now selling out neutrality for
 British gold"
 "Is it your contention that while technically neutral we are really one of the allies, supplying the bullets for | the other allies to shoot?" asked Rep- resentative Cooper.
 | "I believe we are participes criminis' replied MT. Bartholdt, "in the maimins
 and killing of men, the making oi widows and orphans and the prolon ga tion of the war. Twenty-Five millions of our people believe we are-now wag- ing war against Germany"
 He asserted shipments of munitions
 since the war began aggregated S150,- C00,O00
 q am convinced" he said "that b,
 cutting off the exportation of these | war supplies we can bring the war tc a close very soon"