Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-03
DR.. Dernberg Tells How
War Is Hurting This
Country.
ENGLAND is TO BLAME
Says Their Policy Hurts u.
S. Worse Than
Germany.

ST. PAUL MINI, Feb. DIR.
Bernhard Dernburg, the former Co
Ionial secretary Of the German en-
pire, in an address here tonight ar
gued that the logical sequence In
the interruption of trade between
Germany and the United States,
through Great Britain's command OF
the sea, both transportation and COM
munication, Is that "the war with
Germany is a war against the Uni
ted States"
The speaker, who is making
series of addresses. told tonight OF
the commercial embarrassments now
suffered by Germany and the effect
upon neutral countries After re-
viewing the resources of this coun-
try and describing 1t as the chief
purveyor to the world OF OIL lumber,
cotton and copper, DR., Dernburg told
OF the situation in Germany, where
about seventy million people areliving
In a territory not larger than Cali
fornia, which means, he said, about
35 Germans to one Californian in
the same area. The country he said,
was rich only In coal and potash, so
far as natural resources were con-
cerned. $50 that German genius he
said, has had to be applied in the
manufacture OF highly finished goods,
improving raw stuffs not only for
manufacturing purposes, but also for
home consumption.
4 Big Customer.
"On this basis an enormous trade
has been established between the
United States and my country OF
cotton no less than 2,15O,0O0 bales
have been purchased here during the
last year In copper, Germany Is
the best customer OF the United
States. or wood and lumber her
purchase in this country have been
constantly increasing"
DR.. Dernburg, supported by fig
ures issued by the department of
commerce, told how these imports
have been paid for through an ex-
change for commodities such as fer
tillzers, dye -stuffs, toys and innum-
erable smaller articles which Ger
many by the most effective system
of applied science and technique is
able to turn out cheaply and in
good quality
The stopping of German competi-
ton on the sea means n loss OF $500
100000 to the people OF the United
States" said the speaker and II was
in this connection that he declared
a war with Germany was against this
country He spoke at length in re-
lation to conditional contraband, de-
claring that country had reversed
the doctrine that when conditional
contraband is stopped the burden
rests upon the captor TO prove that
the goods were destined for the use
OF the armies or navies Of adyersies.
He declared that by the reversal OF
the recognized doctrines relating to
England hoped to starve
Germans at home. In this connec-
tlon he said
Does L. 5. Harm.
And while the English will prob
ably be balked in this ingenious de-
vice by the action OF the United
States as well as by German thrift
that will supplement the needed
quantities from other sources, It Is
a fair example Of the spirit in which |
tho English conduct their warfare.
The uncertainty of the status OF
conditional contraband' Is doing un- |
told harm to a number of people I'm |
-hese states. and Is largely respon- |
iible for the fearful increase I'm un- |
After enumerating Great Britain's
sea Notifications, including "a fringe
of islands all around the United |