The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-22
must know that money il coming to
the Undertaking from any source
DuxnhA to Burian.

must know that money il coming to
the Undertaking from any source
Dumba to Burian.
Document lo--Am ba ssador Dumba
to Baron Burian. tFranslation).
New York. Aug. 20.
The reply OF Secretary Lansing to
the note of June %. N which Your
Eaceilency protested against the
enormous deliveries of weapons and
munitions of war to the allies from the
United States was published here. I
do not know whether with the agree
meut Of the Austrian government. on
the 18th ult. Nv was to be expected
the refusal was quite categorical.
The legal arguments certainly were
very weak. for references to the ar
ticles supplied by Germany during
the Boer war were not 10 the point,
indeed, they were misleading, for at
that time Germany claimed the right
tn send foodstuffs TO the Beers by
the neutral ports of I.orenzomarques,
and, III ] am not mistaken, carried
the point after the war against Eng
land that the true ground for the
discouraging attitude of the President
lies. az his coufidant Colonel House
already Informed me tH-JaBHarr- has
now repealed in fact hat authorita
tive circles are convinced that the
United States In any serious crisis
would have 10 rely on foreign neutral
countries for all their war material,
At no price and in no case will Pres
ident Wilson allow TINS source 10 dry
up" For this reason ! am of the
opinion that to return 10 the ques-
ton whether by . reply from your ex-
ceIlency or by a semi official CONVERSE
ton between myself and the Secretary
OF State would nos only be useless,
bat even having regard for the some
what self-wilied teinpefa ment OF the
President would be harmful | agree
entirely with the view expressed by
Consul Schwesel in the report at
tached that the President has broken
all bridges behind him and made his
point OF view SO definite that il is i'm
possible for him to retreat from his
position.
Has Powerful Influence.
AS last autumn he can always
through his personal Influences either
force the House of representatives TO
take his point of view against their
better judgment or on the other hand
In the Senate can overthrow the resoiu
ton already voted in favor OF prohibit
Ing the expor. OF guns and munitions.
In these circumstances any attempt
to persuade individual States to vote
pareilel resolutions through their iegis-
Iauve bodies would Offer no advantage
apart from the internal difficulties
which the execution Of This plan pre-
sents.
The proposal to forbid passenger
ships 10 carry munitions stands on a
different footing, howeYer. Bryan and
his Democratic supporters would stand
for this prohibition vigorously be-
tieNe the President would not show
himself so intransigeaut with regard
TO this action Az for the note of
protest against British interference
with American shipping of which I
have been so often notified and which
has been so often postponed ! learn
the tssue has been DELAYED in conse-
auence OF imminent declaration of cot
ton as eontraband,
The feeling which obtains among
the great American importers is ac-
represented in Mr. Meagher's
speech quoted by Consul Schwegel.
Mr. Meagher is one of the particular
exporters of the United States for he
is partner in the Chicago firm of
Armour Il Co, who. with the firm OF +,
Swift A. Co. control the market In
the whole Western hemisphere. Mr..
AeaGher, whom ] recently me: on his
yacht. and whose acquaintance | had /
already made in Chicae go is absolutely /
furious in regard to EngIards arbi- /
trarv acts No fewer than thirty-one
ships with meat and bacon shipments
of 100000 have been detained in /
British ports for months under suspic-
on OF being ultimately intended for |