The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-03
ALLIES WAR ON U. s.,
ARGUES DERNBURG
Says England's Effort to
Crush Germany Costs This
Country S500.0OO.00O.

MINNEAroLIs. Feb. e.-Dr. Bernard
Dernburg. former Imperial German Min
lister for the Colonies argued in a speech
delivered here this evening that the war
of the Allies against Germany is war
against the United States
Quoting from Sir Edward Grey's letter
to Sir L. Goshen CNo. 1913 OF the British
White Book IN an effort 70 prove that
Great Britain cared little about the neu-
traiity Of Belgium which Germany Of
fered to respect Or. Dernburg said that
Great Britain desired the war in Ordor
10 strike down Germany, a trade COM
petltor. He spoke OF the huge amounts
Of money Germany used to spend in this
country and continued:
The logical sequence Of this inter
change of goods is that the war with
Germany Is a war against the United
states. The stopping OF the German
competition on the sea means a loss OF
s5OO,OOO,0Oo to the people Of the United
states. The stOppagc of most OF the
conveniences that &c. many bought from
this country means perhaps more. The
abso ute s,oppng of cotton exports 10
Germany would have meant "A loss OF $50
a ba e, or SlOO,0O0,0OO on the yearly eN-
port. What II means In lumber you In
this country can figure better than /.
But 1t Is not only the loss on 80.
called contraband articles that weighs
heavily. Business Is even more unset.
tied in the articles that are classed as
'cond tiOnal cOntraband. "
There are about $4,000 miles Of
az a Ia
Of which are British owned and con-
troiled. only 2l,00O miles were Ger
man, all of which have been cut. The
malls are Irregular, sailing dates few
and even the malls Of the United States
nave been tempered with. In conse-
quence there is an imposslbilty for the
shippers OF this country to get clear
idea OF the state of the markets in Ger
many, Austria and the neutral States
of Holland. Denmark. Sweden, Nor
way. Italy and Switzerland No re-
liable news gets through, no orders can
be taken, no remittances can be made,
and the trade even In innocent goods
that have nothing to do with the war
Is seriously crippled.
And this system not only disturbs
the United States but all the peutrals,
especially those who, without great
natural resources, draw great deal
OF their national sustenance from their
sea trarlc. So the Scandinavians prob
AMY suffer as much as any bclligerent
country.
But the worst Of this state Of things
II that II will not be confined to the
time Of war II must be expected that
the consequences will reach far into
the time when business shall have
been reestabllshed, because II trade
IL once dlslocated and customer lost
IL Is hard to get him back again. II
the source Of supply is cut OFF for any
considerable time the customer Will pro
vide himself from some other source or
try To produce the needed article him
sew thereby becoming independent, as
Germany In now forced TO do
III she cannot get American wheat she
must eat rye. II she cannot get lum-
Der she must use steel or cement or
some other substance. II she cannot
get copper she must help herself with
alloys of cheaper metals II she can
not get cotton she must 40 back to the
use Of flax There won't he a patch
OF Germany which Is capable OF bear
ing anything that Will not be cultivated
this year in order to make her indie
pendent. II she does not Ike il she
has nevertheless got to continue doing
II IN order no, to lose the investment.
the use OF those substances.
England wanted to fight Germany I'm
order to strike down, with the help of
the allies and without fighting herself. a
competitor. She was not concerned al
all with the consequences of her policy
to the United States, She tried to strike
down not only adversaries in Europe.
but all the neutrals, including the United
states, In order 10 retain her absolute
dominion OF the seven seas. britannia
Rules the Waves is the national an
them. Her dominion commences at the
three mile limit from any other nation
and in spite OF the assurances given her
men-or-war are holding up all vessels In
the vicinity of every American port, and
she does not own merely ons-quarter of
the Inhabited globe, but pretty much so
per cent.
THE fight Is for the mare llberum, for
the unrestricted use OF the great high
ways on the oceans and for the main
tenance OF the neutral rights of all peo-
Piles, which England tries to take away
from them by her naval arrangements
This dominion cannot be tolerated, and
once the clouds over the real issue have
been brushed away the world Is awaken
ing To Gcrmanys just cause in her nght
for civilization and liberty.