The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-02-12

has been interrupted and that few ar
ticles essential to the prosecution OF
the war have been allowed to reach its
enemy from this country" Mr.. Bryan |
also takes up the complaint discussed |
at length elsewhere in this issue, that
THE United States has not interfered
with the sale to Great Britain and her
allies of arms, ammunition, horses,
uniforms, and other munitions of war,
although such sales prolong the con-
flict." The position of the administra-
ton, in which the German government
is said to acquiesce, is this:
There is no power in the executive
to prevent the sale of ammunition to
the belligerents. The duty Of neu-
trail to restrict trade in munitions of
war has never yet been imposed by
international law or by municipal sta
tute."
Finally Mr. Bryan denies the charge
of unfriendliness toward Germany and
Austrn-Hungary.
at is the business of belligerent
operating on the high seas, not the
duty of neutral, to prevent contra
band from reaching an enemy.
Those in this country who sympath-
lie with Germany and Austria-Hung-
airy appear to assume that some obliga-
ton rests upon this government, in the
performance OF it's neutral duty, to
prevent all trade in contraband and
thus to equalize the difference due to
the relative naval strength OF the bel
/ ligerents.
mo such obligation exists, 1t would
be an unneutral act, an act of par
TALLY on the part of this government
to adopt such policy II the executive
had the power to do so. If Germany
and Austria-Hungary cannot import
contraband from this country, it is not
because of that fact the duty Of the
United States to close its markets to
the Allies. The markets Of this coun-
try are open upon equal terms to all
the world to every nation, bellgerent
or neutral
Unqualified approval Of the position
Here takdn by the administration
though with occasional disagreement
with certain minor details of policy
|, is expressed by such representative
Eastern dailies as the Boston Trans
cript (Rep.), Springfield Republican
: (Ind), New Haven Journal-Couriel
Und), Albany Journal (Repl, New
York Wall Street Journal, CONNER
/ cial, journal of Commerce, Sun Qnd)
! Herald Qnd) J, Times (Ind. Dem J, Tri
J bune tRep,l, Globe Und). Evenins
: Post Und), Brooklyn Eagle Und
/ Dem), Times (RepD, Citizen (Dem)
+ Newark News (nd), Philadelphia Ey
ening Ledger Gnd RepD, Evening
e Telegraph (Repo, Press (Rep), In
= quirer (Rep), Record (Dem), Balti
f more News Prog), American (Rep)
:, Washington Star Ind) and Heralt
2 (Ind.l, Richmond Times Dispatcl
4 (Dem.l, and Pittsburg Gazette-Time
7 (Repl, and in the middle west tn
| Chicago News Gnd.), st. Louis Glob
e Democrat (Rep), st. Paul Dispatcl
e Und( The London editors are ais
= calls the Bryan letter an "unanswer
n able" reply to the pro-Germans, an
n commends the administration lab
: sence of bias" and "undoubted desir
to keep an even keel between jarrin
S elements" Here the Times agrees
! Broadly speaking" it finds that 9Th
: doctrine laid down by Secretary Brya
o is the doctrine of our own courts.
>, But perhaps these pleasant word
e from London would only heighten tn
1t displeasure of Mr.. Hearst. In his Ne,
y York American Qnd.), he attacks Nj
IS Bryan for appearing in the role {
e Defender of Britain" and says thu
Re the correspondence between Senate
ID Stone and the state department is ev
N IDENTIFY designed to give the administrf
20 ton the opportunity to retract its RI
s. cent letter and recede from the pos
l. ton Of firmness it recently assume
Id toward England regarding America
IN shipping. The people are tired Of meet
th less humiliation of this sort" So, to
at the New York Evening Mail rep.
he another severe critic of the administr
NJ ton says Mr.. Bryans explanatie
OF "pleases nobody" In particular,
lg will not satisfy the Germans" and Il
of New Yorker Herald is cited as sayia
ne that the only thing that pleases
i about the Bryan plea is that it shov
re that the administration is beginning
81 get anxious about the German al
ar Irish vote" So, concludes the EveniI
ne Mail, 'if Mr.. Bryan has accomplish
On nothing more than this by his explain
Mt tion he would have done better to no
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