Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-10-29
Roth Germany and Great Brit
ain Ale TOuChy and Now
and Then Send Strong.
Notes to Washington
BERNST0RFF CLEAR ON
MUNITIONS SHIPMENTS
lis Shown That Kaiser S AM
baSSador Strongly Contend
ed for Right to Send Sup
plies to TeutOn WaTShipS,

i,Y posmHo JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiRSl
washington. oct 2S.-A second in
mHment Of what has come to he
nopularly known as the United States
rorernments white book was issued
tonight by the state department. II
gives the text of important diplomatic
correspondence with the bolligerent
governments of Europe since the pub
lcation of the first installment last
May
Beside constituting a public record
Of the pos ton of the United States as
precedent for the future. the volume
reveals 10 the public series of
charges and counter-charges by the
heIIgerents that reflect the difficult
dies constantly encountered in the dell
late task of observing neutrality
Most Of the correspondence never be-
fore has been made public i'm text. all
though press dispatches have covered
most OF II i'm substance.
German Position Stated.
one of the most interesting features
Of the new edition is the publication
for the first time of a memorandum
Of the German foreign office referred
to a c0lloquy between Chairman
Flood Of the house foreign affairs
committee and Representative Bar
th0ldt Of Missouri at the hearing Of
the bills proposing an embargo on
arms Mr. Flood quoted the memo
Endum as justification Of his argu-
ment that the German government
did not hold shipments of munitions
to allies as illegal 1t appears that
the correspondence with the German
government conducted by Ambassador
Won Bernstorff developed as cunse-
quence of q ruling by the United
States that it wars a violation of neu-
ualtty for merchant ships to leave
American ports for the express pur-
pose Of supplying belligerent warships
at sea The ambassador S note said.
More Liberal Than .AmCrica.
The position taken by the govern
ment of the United states as 10 the
delivery Of coal and other neccaaries
to Warships of the bellgerent states
constituting violation Of neutrality.
is In the opinion OF the imperial Ger
man government, untenaLle in inter
national law The imperial govern
ment has set forth its position on this
point m memorandum which in
compliance with instructions, ! have
the honor to forward 10 your cxcclleu-
cy"
The memorandum follows
Under the general principles Of
International law no exception can be
taken to neutral states letting war
material 20 to Germanys enemies
rom or through their territory This
Is acc0rdant with article Z of The
Hague convention Of October IS. 1901.
concerning the rights and duties Of
ne0trQls i'm naval and land warfare. p
supply Needed by Germans.
If, however, a state aVails itself of
That liberty I'm favor Of her enemies,
then 1t must. i'm accordance with a
rule generally accepted i'm nterna-
tional law and confirmed In article @
Of the two conventions above cited,
place no obstacle to the German mill
tary force ordering contraband from
or through its territory. In spite
thereof, various American port au-
thorties have denied clearance from
American ports to vessels Of the Nor
chant marine which would carry
warshipe nitbo, ~ tha higb cons or
in other neutral ports. According to
the principles of international law
above cited. neutral state need not
prevent furnishing supplies of this
character: neither can il after allow
ing the adversaries to be furnished
with contraband either dctain or in
any way disable a merchant shin car
Eing such cargo. only when contra
band trade would turn the ports into
bases of German military. onerations
would the unilateral stoppage of the
trade of those vessels become a duty.
How Distinction Is Made.
Our enemies draw from the United
states contrahand of war especially
arms. worth several billione of marks.
This in itself they are authorized to
do. But if the United states would
prevent our warships occasionally
drawing supplies from it's ports a
great Injustice crows ont Of the au-
thorzation. for II would amount to
an unneUtral treatment Of the bellig-
erents and constitute = breach Of the
generally accented rules Of neutrality
10 Germanv's detrimentp
The secretary of state in his reply
held that.
eratio,., 'l'ilhs lne base lor naval op-
opinion Of This eovernnent reneated
departure from such territorv NJ ner-
chant vessels laden win fiei or other
supplies for beluperent warships at