The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-04-16
Germans File Protest
Against Sale Of Arms
Count Fernstorff Makes Note to State Department
on Expectation of Arms From United States-Clan1s
Ne1O Plants Spring Up to Furnish Arms for Allies

up in the United tates, inasmuch as
not only the existing plants are kept
busy and enlarged, but also new ones
are continually founded.
The international agreements for
the protection of the right of neutrals
originate in the necessity Of protect
ing tie existing industries Of tie neu-
tral countries. They are never in
tended to encourage the creation OF
entirely new industries in neutral
States as, for instance, the new war
industry in the United States which
supplies only one party Of the bel
,igerents.
In reality the American industry
is supplying only Germany's enemies,
fact which is in no way modified by
the purely theoretical willingness to
furnish Germany as we'll, if it were
possible.
Up 10 the IeOpIee
"If the American people desire to
observe true neutrality they will find
means to stop the exclusive eXporta-
ton of arms to one side, or at least
to use this export trade as a means
to uphold the legitimate trade with
= Germany, especially the trade in food
stuffs. This spirit of neutrality s2ould
appear the more justified to the United
/ States as it has been maintained to-
ward Mexico.
According to. the declaration of
congressman made in the house COM
mittee for foreign relations, December
I30,1914, President Wilson is quoted as
having said on February T. 1914, when
the embargo on arms for Mexico was
lifted:
we should stand for genuine neu-
tra!ity, considering the surrounding
facts of tie case. He then l1eld inthat
case that because Carranza mad no
ports, while Huerta had them and was
able to import these materials that
il was our duty as nation to treat
them (Carranza and Huerta) upon an
equality if We wished to observe the
true spirit of neutrality as compai ed
! with mere paper neutrality
:, This conception of tie true spirit
OF neutrality if applied to the pres
ent case, would lead to an embargo
on arms
In reply to published reports to the
effect that American officials were
irritated at the announcement of the
embassy's intention to make the mem
orandum public, Count Won Bernstorff
said tonight:
There is nothing unusual in its pub
lication, as all TIE American notes
t. at went to Berlin, including that re-
garding the Frye case, have been pub
lished. AS to further criticism that
Germany has in former wars taken
the same attitude as the United states
in regard to the sale Of ammunition
to belligerents, desire to call atten
ton to what Andrew D White, Amer
lean ambassador to Germany at the
time of tie Spanish-American war,
said in mis- autobiography in regard
to a Spanish vessel which was report
ed by the American consul at Hamburg
to be suspected of being loaded with
arms for use against the United States
in Cuba. Mr.. White said:
:. "'I hastened to tie foreign Office and
urged that vigorous steps be taken,
with the result that the vessel, which
in the meantime had left Hamburg,
was overhauled and searched at tie
mouth Of the Elbe. The German gov
ernment might easily have pleaded, in
answer to my request, that the Ameri-
can government mad generally slowed
itself opposed to any such interference
With the shipment of small arms to
belligerents, and had contended that
it was not obliged to search vessels
to find such contraband of war, but
that this duty was incumbent upon the
belligerent nation concerned"