TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-01-13


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NO RELIEF FROM ENGLAND.
The reply Of England TO the protest
OF the President against the oppression
OF our neutral trade is unsatisfactory
10 the authorities at Washington, and
Justly so. IL is pointed out by them
that while England acknowledges tina;
law and justice are on our side, abe at.
tempts 10 evade our rights BY referring
TO the difficult position in which she
is placed. In plain Anglo Saxon this
means that England eApeets our
country 10 assist her in her war, and
that We must forego all our right. that
England may be able TO overcome her
enemies. Quite apart from the un.
neutral attitude in which she wants to
force us. We cannot consent 70 starye
our people in order TO help England.
While the misery caused by the war IL
plainly apparent in the large number
OF our unemployed wOrkingnen. which
threatens TO become a menace 10 our
social peace and order, and In the
numerous industrial plants which are
either entirely closed up or work only
half time, the American people do not
seem to realize how wiifuiiy and to
what extent we are injured by England
or they would exert pressure on our ad-
ministration for speedier and more
foreefnl action.
IL is a serious problem with ms how
we can hope 20 escape ranicky con
dItions unless we are able 10 export
our cotton which We must sell abroad
TO prevent a drain Of gold from our
country in the sum Of 500 millions Of
dollars That this export trade has
almost entirely ceased, IL solely due 70
England's highhanded proceedings. She
does not only compel neutral and
American ships carrying our cotton 20
proceed to English ports and TO nnlosd
them but also tears open all oaies ia
search OF contreband. This has not only
the effect to pnoduce prohibitiye rate
for freight and insurance, but slso
makes the cotton handled In such a
violent manner almost unfit for use.
Copper which was ordered abroad in
the sum Of 20 millions Of dollars cannot
be shipped owing 10 gross violation
Of our neutral rights BY England in
declaring copper absolute eontrebaDi
which has heretofore been held 10 be
eontreband, and which
change oi classification England had no
right 10 introduce. And 80 II 10 with
numerous other commodities, even With
wheat. snch treatment is destractiye
10 our commerce.. " tie war should
continue another year, and all indiea.
-ions point in that direction, We shall
le 10 as sore plight as the nations
actually engaged in war and for this
condition England exclusively and alone
sould be responsihle through her wiiinl
md outrageous disregard os our neutral
lights. The President il fully cegnizant
II this state Of affairs, having set IL
orth in his note pi protest 10 the
English goyernment. He Is, therefore,
a duty bound to demand speedy relief
rom such insoIsnt conduct. oppressive
o our commerce. and insulting 10 our
lational dignity. A protest win not
,nppIy bread To onr starving working
nen nor set cur idle factories in opera
ion. II the President relies on the
,ower Of bis pen 10 bring England 20
erms, he viii find himself writing
,otes OF protest long after the war il
,yer, for it il not pen and ink that
England fears. She must be- brought
lp by short turn and thn means are
# hand. We have Q right 70 send out
var csrgoes under convoy oi our men
u war who vii insist that our cargoes
lre searched in conformity with inter
lational law, and not under EagIish |
ietation. n snch proceedings appear
90 violent and attended with danger
Il war, peaceful and even more effectual
Methods are available. The President (.
must obtain from Congress an suthoriza-
ion to prohibit the exPortation Of war
npplies TO belIigerents, and with such |
weapon held oyer England and welded,
the emergeney compels, England viii
70 longer dare 70 outrage our neutral
ights. Such procedure Is condemned
. partisans OF England in this country
N the ground that such prohibition
sould he an nnneutral act. This is
ontrary to all reason and TO all con
options OF neutral duty. Il is un.