The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-21

C0At0I 811auIuIu. =
Referring to the article In your Is
sue OF July II, Germany Misled About
War Exports to Europe permit me TO
reply:
l. myself, receive three daily and
one weekly paper from Germany. be-
sides read some others from friends.
but up to June 1. the latest got.
never saw statement that one half
the ammunition used by the Allies
comes from the q. S. A. / really would
be glad to learn the~na OF that
German paper and date that printed
such q statement.
don't know II the German people
have SO much to suffer from false
hoods as we Neutral Nation and
from that what our pro English Press
don't print (for ex-sinking Of Turkish
merchantships by English torpedoes
without warning(, bull do know that
not only the German people but the
European neutral nations believe and
trust the German official statements,
as they, without one exception, prov
ed true.
"Our favorable balance" depends
mostly on Mr.. Morgan, as the ftnan-
cial agent for the Allies, as half OF the
so called increase consists of contra
band goods.
According to the figures furnished
by the Bureau Of foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce" the increase for the
first nine months is $685., 100000 of
which over half is for export of MUM
tons Of war and articles that go to
their manufacture alone, In figures
| 1891, 1000.
The article of July II, says that
Ammunition" goes under the head
ing OF Manufactures" but does not
! give any amount of same. AS we have
a big decrease in other articles (agri-
culture implements alone more than
| $20,000,O0O) the difference Is made up
from contraband goods. otherwise we
would have a decrease and not an In
crease.
1t is not the question of how much
per cent of our whole export consists
Il cannot figure out per cent. &C
cording to my figures) in ammuni-
ton, but the question is-how much
American ammunition the Allies use
in proportion to their own-and that
| will not be very far from so per cent
| today, as vast quantities have been
shipped in May and June, every
month increasing.
The shipment Of ammunition and
explosives till April Is, $21, 100000; OF
machinery for manufacturing ammu.
milton, $15,OOO,OOO; of ready firearms,
| $6,O00,O00; making a total of $4,000.
900. The week from June 81 till July
| 2, from the harbor of New York alone
81 ships wit hammunition for England
sailed with a tonnage of over 100000
The Bethlehem Steeleworks shipped
| 500 car loads of projectiles and can
| mons since~June 1, etc.
| / don't know, if the writer is aware
of these figures, as he speaks OF
practically no arms have been ship
ped but for $42,O00,O00 ammunition
| till April alone, you can make many
thousand German women and children
widows and orphans-and it is very
| significant how the German soldiers
call the American ammunition-"Wil
sons Peace Prayer"
| The writer is right, that the bulk
| of the war orders will not be shipped
at once, but we surely cannot be
proud of our Humanity if we, fol
profit of a few, consent that our neu
| trail country allows the shipment Of
war supplies amounting to $1,000, 900,
| 900, even may it be sent "by and by
for killing the citizeps of our friend
try has an embargo on war supplies
we are the only nation that is proud
of her murderous traffic in weapons
| to kill"
H. METZDORFF.