The Glenwood post., 1914-09-19
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0tAse people, seem to take It for
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Aeat. II was oos Of tAs foreign rsH
ressataEtvss Who told . nswspapss
DAa ths other day that arms and AN
nunitioa wers being shipped from the
United States to one of the belligsroat
countries. Now. he did not say d.
Fsetly the United States was doing
II. Dor did he say that the oct vas
. vioaattsa Of nsatrality. bat he intsat
was . ooaSlaiat, aAA Dsssoas whe -
noe uaAssstanA what private catissns
q . nsstral power can Do and what
they cannot do. instantly took II for
granted that this government was
winking at the giving Of open aid and
comfort to one country to the dis
advantage Of another country. Wash
ingtoa oMcials, like other men, seem
tngly think that the intention was to
create this impression and that 1t was
. thoughtless thing to do. II nothing
worre
From the inquiries which come into
v ashington constantly there seems to
be q widespread Misunderstanding Of
what American citizens and what
American firms can do in the way Of
shipping goods to belligerents. Ia
king . case in point, one United States
senator received inquiries from sew
eral business corporations in his state.
saying they had orders for goods to
- shipped to . belligerent, but thsy
were afraid II they shipped them tAsy
would - violating tie neutrality Of
The United ststes-
The senator In answering thS ID
0airass told the isauirsss to ship aay-
tAiag tAat they wanted 10 aAd to PIT
IL rask on the purchaser. He tod
then there wosh be - vtoaattoa oe
he nsutrality Of the United States.
even n thsy shipped gans. cartridges
AnA dynamite. He was right
hause Run Risk u caetves-
All that q neutral does IL to declare
that any goods shipped BY its people
which arc costraband Of war are
IlaAse to ssisure by the ships Of the
co1ntry or countriss VIII which the
nation ordering the goods b At var.
TAo Waited States 0ovsrnmsot WI
not protect such shipments and nslth-
- wfn Il forbid them. OF course. II
vim not ship anything unAse its own
aoaeeSoa. Firms who ship ooatsabaal
q var msst rua the risk a eaSenfs
ualsus thsy can turn tAs risk over -
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whieA nsans siaply ut tAs serward-
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allsr tAs sDatraband lssvss Aossseaa
pog0, 4 y at the risk a ~ pr.
OA0ose.
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