The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-22

President has broken all the bridges behind him and made his point of view so definite that it is impossible for him to retreat from this position. "As last autumn. he can always, through his personal influence. either force the House of Representatives to take his point of view against their better judgment, or, on the other hand l in the Senate can overthrow the reso- lutjon already voted in favor of pro- l hibiting the export of guns and muni tions.
 'In the circumstances. any attempts 1 to persuade individual states to vote par allel resolutions through their legislative bodies offers no advantages, apart from the internal difficulties which the execu' tion of this plan presents.
 '"The proposal to forbid passenger ships to carry munitions stands on different footing, however MT. Bryan and hi. democratic supporters would stand fol this prohibition, and I believe the Pres ident would not show himself so intran- sigeant with regard to this action. "As for the note of protest against British interference with shipping. which has so often been notified and as often postponed, learn that the issue is de layed in consequence of the imminent declaration of cotton as contraband. The feeling which obtains amongst the great American importers was accurately rep resented in MT. Meaghers CMeeker' sl speech. Meagher is one of the princlpa exporters of the United States, for he is a partner in the Chicago firm of Armour | & Co. who, with the firm of Swift, con l trpl the market of the whole westerr | hemisphere. . MT. Meagher, whom I recently me | on a yacht, and whose acquaintance
 had already made in Chicago, absolutely
 regards England's acts as arbitrary. NC 1 fewer than 31 ships with meat and bacon | shipments of his firm for Sweden, valued | at s19.OOO GOO, have been detained in Eng | fish ports for months under suspicion tha l they ultimately are intended for Ger many.
 .eThe negotiations are being so lonf drawn out because MT. Meagher and m:
 compa nons will not accept lame com | promise but insist on full compensation | or the release of the consignments, II which the bacon may be still sound. Has Not Played Last Trump
 My informant further gave me to un
 derstand he has not yet played his las
 trump, namely. refusal to import mea | to England under the circumstances. He
 that Is to say the above named slaught ering houses-control the Argentine mar ket At the present moment they ar' paralyzed here also by the action O the British admiralty. for the latter hal
 commandeered most of the English freigh | ships intended to transport meat iron l Argentina.
 I If England stood face to face with thu
 danger of not being able to get any mea 1 from the United States or Argentina, sh'
 would soon give in.
 1 What the immediate result here O.
 making cotton contraba will be is hart l to say The anger of those interested
 in cotton will be enormously increased but on the other hand the fear of threat ened confiscation may make the leaders 1 of the cotton trust so yielding that they against their better judgment may agre' l to the sale of the greater part Of thu | present supply en bloc to England, wh' would be in a position in the future t l control the whole cotton market and
 on peace being declared, to force on thu | whole world this essential raw material | ''C. DUMBA." I The third letter tells of the publication | of the documents adding:
 Count Bernstorff took the position tha these islanders require no answer and hal | the happy inspiration to refuse any ex Il p!anation and to be in no way compro missed"
 I The letter concludes that every Germa here will be more energetically and con \ sistently sandered and befouled. No i'm partial persons cOuiu ldil lo pc mp oosc 2 Il with feeling of gratitude at the Wid Il activity of Geheimrat Albert There art however, very few impartial people l New York
 .srhe torpedoing of the Arabic, shoul she have been sunk without warning. c should any American passengers lost the lives, would have more unfavorable el feet with regard to Germany on publ
 opinion In the United States than all tn newspaper revelations
 ,| Count von Bernstorff's letter to Se' retary of State Lansing, dated Cedal
 hurst, August IS. reads:
 Il Bernstorff's Letter Having regard to the wide publicit
 | given to the documents and letters stole from a member of my stan, and to tf entirely false and unjustifiable conclusio attempted to be drawn from these doc' , ments, as appears in the press comment and leading articles. have decided. ha' ing regard to your excellency's positic , with respect to the cause represent,
 make a short statement confirming tf
 l facts.
 Tt Is inevitable that the holder of a
 official position such as I occupy as tf
 representative of one of the great nj
 tions who are involved in this unfort'
 l nate world war; should receive from ever conceivable source and from most Ill balanced and irresponsible authors pr
 posals and advice. The majority of ti
 . documents found in the portfolio stole , from Dr. Albert were of this kind. "A letter published in the newspape
 from a certain MT McLane, in which