Evening star., 1915-01-25
No Proof Of Charges.

1 10. ~The United States has not sup
pressed the sale of dum-dum bullets
to Great Britain The correspondence
lDepartment and the German ambassa-
dor is repeated with the statement that
although there is no legal grounds on
which to prevent such traffic. the Pres
iident of the United States would well
come proof of the charges and use his
influence to prevent sale of these ar
ticles.
II. british warships are permitted
| to lie off American ports and intercept
neutral vessels" The letter states that
tprotests were made to Great Britain
and Japan, and that they Withdrew
New York harbor and Honolulu, re-
spectively.
IL. Great Britain and her allies are
allowed without protest to disregard.
ports" While Great Britain has dis
regarded American citizenship papers
t'fn few instances. and the same is
true Of all belligerents In every
case of apparent illegal arrest the
United States has entered vigorous pro-
tests with requests fbr release"
/ 49, 'Change. of policy in regard to
tloans to belligerents."s 1t, Is asserted
that the American governments policy
affects all governments alike The
dangers Of loans through popular sub
scription arousing partisanship through
monetary interest in the success OF the
belligerents Is pointed out in contrast
to purely credit transactions for the
purchase of war Supplies. the money
for which does not leave the United
States, and could not, as in the case OF
the loan, affect the finances of this
country.
| -. Submission to arrest Of native
born Americans on neutral vessels and
| in British ports and their imprfson-
ment" The general charge. the letter
asserts. has been unsupported by evi-
dence. but wherever irregularities have
occurred prompt demand for release
has been made.
Detention Of Non-Combatants.
Is. Indifference to confinement OF
non n-combatants in detention camps IN
England and France All the bellig-
| erents have made complaint, but tnvesti-
CATION has proved that conditions are
as good as possible" The United States
| has consented, at the special request OF
| the German government to send Mr.. jack
son. former American minister at Bucha-
rest and now attached to the American
embassy at Berlin, to mako special in
| vestigation of detention camps In Eng
| land.
10 Failure to prevent transshiprnent
Of British troops and war materials
across the territory Of the United States"
| No proof of this ever has been furnished,
and a request Of the Canadian govern
ment to send war materials through
Alaska was promptly denied.
IT. Treatment and final internment
| of German steamship Geier and the col
| ier Locksun at Honolulu" Tho ctrcum-
| stances are reviewed and the action taken
| is held to be in accordance with the usual
| international practice.
| 49, "Unfairness to Germany in rules
| relative to coaling Of warships In Panama
Canal Zone" Although the regulations
1 were not proclaimed until November 13.
no belligerent warships are known to have
| coaled pfeviously at the zone, and the &C.
| tion was taken without the slightest
reference to 1avoritism to the bellfgerents"
19. Failure to protest against the
Modification NJ the declaration Of Lon
don by the british government" Tha
notification " this government, that +