The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-13
CREDIT LOAN CONSISTENT WITH
NEUTRALITY.

IN the discussion oi the large loan
10 France and England. il is question
able whether lsUp-ance or hypocrisy
has played lie more prominent pan 10
me arguments q those opposing fhs
proposition
We have heart great statesmen 20
who ought TO knov better grzTeiy in.
i form us that the subtraction Of half
miIlion dcSsars or more from the ehan-
neIs Of trade IN this country and the
sending Of this vast sum 10 soreign
lands would cripple our commerce and
industry. As q matter Of fact. every
p1pil Fh0 has gone as far as the
primer O. finance. knoMs thar not
cent Of the lean is to Be sent or Of
the caunfrF. bat All Of il IS To be
used 10 eaabie France and England 70
carry On their trade. paying for the
products they buy N this country. thus
bcnefittlng the farmer ana every other
kind Of producer
Other statesmen and scholars hare
arisen to tell Us that America caunct
make loans 10 France and England
without violating neutrality and thus
becoming partner in tfle crime q
war fs4ne arguments used to support
Ink contention were valid, Il would
forbid all trade between neutral and
= belgigerent. the credit arrangement
nnder consideration being merely Z (.
parr of the machinery neeessars 10
carry On szeh trade
On this point hewtxera snfficient
answer 10 those who are clamorinz ~
saoudIy about the American loan being
7unfair 10 Germany il found IN the fact ,
n shat Germany herself has placed a
zsiuiilar loan IA s. eden little
sHurniraticn on this .rsasaetion shorid
be valuable 70 those over-zeslous guar
dEans pf neutrality who are worked up
over the matter. We appropriate the
aoliouing from the washingtoa
Hines.
Sweden. through It's terror or
Russia. is driven to an attitude Of
sympathy win Germany perhaps more
pronounced than the preponderating
sentiment Or America for the allies
The sne available neutral market
Sweden has been Bsed b. Germany
as 2 commercial base through which
10 get imports past the British block
ade. and also a an original source Of
every kind b supplies Sweden could
afford As a result there has grown
up huge trade balance III favor Of
Sweden The case completely paral-
leis the relationship Of the allies to
the United States. though the scale is
far smaller. Germany has been forced
10 take measures 10 stabilize exchange
with Sweden, and 10 do 50 has loated
loan o. s16D59sOe IN that country in
order 70 establish credit basis FOR
the commercial relations Sweden
violated her neutrality Rith the
same edserness that the nited States
is doing the same thing. and for the
same reason. because ii was neees-
Sary 10 make the loan il her great and
pref table commerce with GeTmany
was to Be continued
five fart is thai neither Sweden
nor the Il.iied States has committed
any impropFierg, Each has extended
credit TO customer suddenly de,
manding larger line than usual and
able to give satisfactory security. Thar
N the xhpie story in 10th cases. Buai
the fact u Germany completely par,
aIleiing. il Sweden. the allies credit
here. Is calculated 10 worry those pre-
German lneutralsl who want nothing
80 much as u make i impossible Tor
the United States 70 90 ahead doing
business with nations that are ready
to % III
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