Evening star., 1914-12-30
SEEK BAN ON WAR
EXPORTS TO ALLIES
VoIImer and BarthoIdt Declare
EMS 20 Would End War
in Ninety Days.
U. S. DOLLAR NEUTRALITY
SCORED BY MISSOURIAN
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hears Representatives Favor
able to Germany.

| How the United States could end the
European war in ninety days by
| cutting off the export of war supplies
was described today by Representative
| Vollmer of Iowa 10 the House foreign
| affairs committee. With Representative
| Bartholdt he Endorsed joint resolution
! to empower the President, in his dis.
cretion, to prohibit such exports.
| American embargoes from 1904 down
| to the Mexican arms embargo of 1917
were cited by Vollmer in a legal argu-
| ment to support the constitutions.
| right of Congress to act.
President Wilson, he said, ''sus-
pended the embargo of export of arms
and munitions to Mexico in the in
terests of true neutrality as against
| neutrality on paper.
II maintain that the pending resolu-
tion is in line. with the historic repu-
tation of this nation as the greatest
advocate of peace. 1t is not in line
with that reputation to supply the in
struments of f-murder to European ma
tions. Are we to take the position OF
the arch-hypocrite among the nations
Are we to go upon our knees and pray
for peace and at the same time supply
the dealing instruments to Eu-
rope? Are We to plead with God' for
peace with the blood money in our
pockets?
1--WE are now In the position of send
ing dollars Tor Belgium and dumdum
bullets for Germany.
Vollmer Pleads for Germany.
Representative vollmer 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 drag :
ged down to bankruptcy"
There is only one nation whose lines
of national interest are hopelesSly op-
posed to ours. l do not hesitate to
predict that Japan proposes to hold,
not only Kiaochow; but the islands Of
the Pacific which she has seized. Some
day this issue 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
Flood.
Il believe, and persons who have been
that the Germans look with grave
displeasure on shipments of arms to
the allies" --.
Dollar Neutrality, Says BarthoIdt.
Representative Bartholdt told the
committee that by dollar neutrality"
the United States was alternating the
friendship of Germany and Austria
The alliance of Great Britain with
Japan is not good omen for our fu-
ture in the Pacific. We are now SELL
ing our neutrality for British gold"
said he. ,.
''Is it your contention that while
technically neutral, we are really one
of the allies, supplying the bullets for
the others?" asked Representative
Cooper.
II believe we are particeps crimi-
MIS-" said Representative Barthbldt. lin
the manning and killing of men, the
making of widows and orphans and
the prolongation of the war
Representative Bartholdt declared
shipments of war munitions since the
war began aggregated $4,000 900.
II am convinced" said he in con-
clusion. that by cutting off the ex-
portation of these war supplies we can
bring the war to a close very soon.
And the cutting off of just one month
of war would mean more to US than all
the profits that the manufacturers of
war supplies could make"
The committee arranged to hear dele
cations from New York. Chicago and
Philadelphia, beginning Monday.