Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-29
UNITED STATES SENDS
STRONG DEMAND TO,
ENGLAND ASKING FOR
BETTER TREATMENT
FOR OUR TRADE
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lOT1nuldle TIE laws OIL Wal dS lcSdlu'
the sea and determine respectively
the rights OF belligerents and lcu-
trails. At the convention il would APP
peal, as far as can be seen, that the
United States turned a complete SOM
ersault as regards its attitude towards
one Of the vital points under cohsld'
tration. COntraband has been gener-
ally divided into two classes, viz:
Absolute c%ontrabani, and conditional
contraband. The first class comprises
articles which are seizable simply il
destined for a belligerent country;
the second comprises articles which
are seiZable only if destined for the
armed forces or a government depart
ment of a b%elligerent. The first class
roughly consists of military equip
ment, while the second includes food
stuffs, clothing and other articles OF
general consumption.
.t~sa Precedents of Civil, War.
In the Civil var a number OF cases
arose, and action was confirmed, III
which the North seized cargoes con-
tanning articles Of the second class,
namely, conditional contra5ald, which
Wclc SllppCu w Il cut dl pun y
where their destination to the armed
forces or government departments OF
the South was difficult to prove and
to sOme extent a matter of presump-
ton. In the Declaration Of London
clause was inserted STIMULATING that
cargoes consisting of the second class
of %contraband, that is, conditional
contraband, should be seizable only
if consigned to a port of a belliger-
ent country and that if consigned to a
neutral port they should not be seiz-
able and should not be attributed a
%contraband character. The United
States agreed to the clause and in ef'
feet r%epudiated the action of the fed
eral government in the Civil war in
Selling conditional contraband ship
ped from Europe to neutral ports
such as Vera Cruz. In diplomatic
circles it has been widely suggested
that this clause, stating that the so
called theory Of continuous voyages
should apply only to absolute con
traband and in no circumstance tC
conditional ~contraband, was a delib'
crate move to clip the claws Of the
British lion. o-.t +a -
Failure of Declaration.
The Declaration of London thus re
Elected the shadow of the war CLIQUE
which has now iourSt. 1t is in any
case significant that the Declaration
failed OF general acceptance to some
extent because the British parliament
rejected it OF account of the CLAUSE
limiting the theory of continuous voy
ages to absolute contraband. The
United States alone has ratified tht
convention, but it is understood thai
the text approved by the senate is {
translation of the original French
which has not been accepted by an!
other signatory.
The failure Of the Declaration o
London left the question of contra
band pretty much where it had been
The Declaration has acquired a Ger
tain amount Of prestige because of it.
temporary success in defining Wha
should be classed respectively as alb
solute and conditional contraband al(
also in drawing a third list containin!
articles which should be excluded
from the contraband lists and c!asset
under all conditions as non-COntra
band. However, a glance at tie list
Of absolute and conditional contra
band now published by England ant
France will show that they differ rad
ically from those in the Declaration
Of London. Eve1 the n~On-Contrabant
list would seem to have been modi
fled. 1t is generally understood tina
cotton escaped only through q firm
stand Oh the part of England, Whicl
prevented the ALLIES from taking
position that would have dehnitel.
cut off all chance Of arrangements t.
dispose of the $140.0N0,C00 of COtto'
we ship annually TO Germany. 'Thoug]
the Allies have now confirmed cotto,
as non-contraband, nevertheless til
problem of shipping cotton to Gel
many is by no means solved.
All Shipping Hampered.
AS the War proceeds, the OutWarr
pressure of our exports to find thei
normal markets will no DOUBT il
crease. The rights of belligerents ar
being widely and generously defined
!but the trade rights of neutrals ar
receiving no such treatment. Yer
little pressure other than that of pol
ular opinion and national sentimen
a be brought to bear to safeguar
the neutral trader. In case Of tn
United States, our arbitration trea
les and new peace treaties, proyidin
for one years consideration Of grieN
ances, preclude the possibility of a
tanning definite relief to any protes
inside. Of ~ months--by which tim
the war may be over. In the int
val, the grievance or complaint, Q
whatever might be the cause Of tn
protest, will lbe without redress. 0
the other hand, the value Of the put
lie sympathy Of America is set yer
high, indeed, by all the warning cOul
tries and none of them, will sacritic
it willingly. BY strictly o5servin
the requirements of the b~elligerent
and by having the government steat
lily and sc.5erly support every bon
tide no%n-contraband shipment, muc
may be accomplished and our trad
relieved as far. as practicable fror
the disastrous effects which must a
tend in some degree any war wage
on a scale. so colossal i with
deadly seriousness and determinatio
so appalling.
TREsPAssER ON r. r. TRACE
HAD MIGHTY CLOSE CALL.
Stanley, N. D., Dec. 2S.-Thursda
proved to be a bad day Cor horses i
and around the vicinity of Stanle,
AS No. 2 was %approaching the city
horse owned by j.. B. Shipley, a prom
inent dairyman living close to tn