Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-05
ENGLAND HARMS
UNITED STATES
IT'S INTERFERENCE WITH
TO GERMANY
HAS BOOMERANG EFFECT.
MANY UNEMPLOYED
With Germany a Healthy Gus
toner of Uncle Sans, The
Effect Is Felt Here.

st. Paul, Mimi, feD. Abr. Bern
hard Dernburg, the former Colonial
Secretary of the German Empire, in
an address here tonight argued that
the logical sequence in the Interrupt
tioa OF trade between Germany and
the United States, through Great Erit-
aims command of the sea, both trans
p%ortation and communication, is that
the war with Germany is a wal
against the United States"
Germany Embarrassed.
The speaker, who is making a SER
les of addresses, tod tonight Of Tie
commercial embarrassmelts now sui
Tered by Germany and the effect up
on neutral countries After review
ing the of this country ano
describing: it as the chief purveyor
to- the world Of oil, lumber, cotton In:
copper, DR.. Dern5urg told of the sit
uation in Germany, where about TO-
100000 people are living in a terri.
tory not larger than California, which
means. he said, about 80 Germans to
one Californian in the, same area.
The country, he said, was rich Only
in coal and potash, SO far as natural
resources were concerned. 80 the
German genus" he said, has had
to be applied in the Manufacture
of highly finished goods, importing
raw stuffs not only for manufacturing
purposes, but also for home consump-
ton.
"On this basis an enormous trade
has been established between the
United States and my country. Or
cotton nosfless tnan 2,150, 900 bales
have been purchased here during the
last year. In copper, Germany is the
best customer of the United States.
OF wood and lumber her purchase II:
this country has been constantly In
creasing."
DR.. Dernourg, supported by figures
issued by the Department Of Com
merce, told now these imports have
been paid for through an exchange
for commodities such as fertilizers,
dye-stuffs, toys, and innumeraole
smaller articles which Germany BY
the most effective system sof applied
science and technique, is able to turn
out chaap!y and in good quality.
Loss to United States. 81.
''The stopping Of German compets-
ton on the sea means a loss OF $5Vo,-
OOO, 900 to the people of the Unitec
states, said the speaker. and 1t was
in this connection. that he declared
a war with Germany was against this
country. He smoke at length of Great
britain's intentions in relation to con-
ditional contraband, declaring that
country had reversed the doctrine
that when conditional contraDand ::
stopped the burden rests upon the
captor to. prove that the good were
destined for thu use of the armies
or navies of adversaries. He declar-
ed that by the reversal o. the rcc0g-
nizad doctrines relating to contra
band England hoped to starve Cor
mans at home. In this connection he
said: H.
And while the English will prob
ably he baked in this ingenious de-
wise by tho action of the United
States as we'll as by German thrif'
that will supplement- the needed
quantities from other sources, it Is
a fair example Of the spirit in which
the English conduct their warfare.
The uncertaintv If the status Of cor
uIJIOlldl cDIiIIt Nv, 1 uOtLS
harm to a rlr Der Of people In these
states. and is largely responsible for
the fearful increase in unemploy-
me1t."
Ccnsors England.
After enumerating. Great Britain's
s.aa Notifications. including "a fringe
of islands all around the Unite .
States and her control Of trans.mar-
Inc communication, On. Dern5urg'
said: 90 i'@''
so net a word Of uncensored news
even regarding markets or market
conditions. can get through. and the
United States is as thoroughly iso-
lated as she would be were sho in
the moon. And this system not only
distur>s the United States, but all Tie
Eoutra1s. especially those who with
out great natural resources draw a
great deal of their national susten-
ance from their sea traffic. So tie
Scandinavians nro5ably suftor as
much as any %belligerent country.
but the worst Of this state OF
things is that it will not be confined
to the time of war. It must iDe e
nected that the consequences will
reach far into the time when the
business shall have been re%-establish-
ed: because if a trade is one "dislo-
Gated and a customer lost it is hare
to get him back again. 49,
To Be ResourcefuI. -
IF the source of supply is cut on
for any considerable time. the Gus
toner will provide himself from some
other source, or try to produce the
needed article himself. thereby be-
coming Independent as Germany is
now forced to do. If she cannot get
American wheat. she must eat rye.
II she cannot get lumber, she must
use steel, or cement, or some other
substance If she ANN get cop
per, she must help herself with al
Toys of cheaper metals. If she AN
not get cotton. she must go pack to
the use Of fax. There won't be a
patch Of Germany which is capable
of bearing anything, that will no; be
cultivated this year in order to make
her Independent. If she does not
like it, she has nevertheless got to
continue doing it i? order not to
lose the investment, the use of those
substances" /"
Continuing. Or. Dernburg followed
the line of previous speeches in which
he e~ndsavored to place upon Great