The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-11
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT NOT
FULLY SATISFIED WITH GREAT
BRlTAlN'S REPLY.
WON'T SAVE RUIN
Long Line Of Diplomatic Correspond.
ence Will Not Save the American
Trade from Ruin - United States
Will Take Vigorous Action.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE United
States government, it became known
today, is not entirely satisfied with
Great Britain's preliminary reply to
| the American note ON commerce in
| reference.
While gratified that England ad-
mits the justice of practically all
the principles cited by the American
note, the United States government
holds that the long diplomatic cor
respondence will not save the Amer
ican trade from ruin nor will it nee
essarily change the practice of the
British, which do not agree at all
with the theories which the British
government admits are right.
The United States expects to take
vigorous action on each individual
complaint hereafter.
The contents of Great Britains re-
ply was made public here and in
London Sunday by mutual agreement
between the state department and
the British foreign office.
While they are generally reserved
in their comments, it may be stated
authoritatively that high officials of
the United States government regard
the tone of the note as entirely
friendly and believe, moreover, that
the discussion which will follow will
be carried on in the same vein, with
a desire on the part of both coun-
tries to reach satisfactory under
standing
The admission by Great Britain
of one of the chief points in the
American note-that the relations
between neutrals were those of nor
NAL times, of peace, and not of war
was gratifying TO officials, who be-
lieved that the controversy would
now resolve itself into frank dis
cussion of what were the actual
necessities of the case which impel
AhtSiici ciiNS DJ DclIlStituI "uSll
suspecting that the ultimate destina-
tion of neutral cargo is belliger-
ent territory.
The statistics brought forth to
show that commerce between the
United States and neutral countries
contiguous to Germany and Austria
had increased materially since the
outbreak of the war were regarded
here as misleading. 1t was pointed
out that in view of the breaking
down of the normal routes of com
merce with Germany and Austria
many nom -conEaband products had
been shipped through neutral coun-
tries Similarly, the neutral covn-
tries which previously had obtained
much of their supplies from belliger-
ents were now importing from the
United States.
AS to the increase in shipments of
copper 10 Italy, it was pointed out
that the Italian ambassador here al
ready has explained that Italy, which
had previously obtained copper from
Germany and Austria for her manu-
facturers, now was forced to import
from the United States because of
the embargo on expectation which
the belligerents themselves had i'm
posed.
The American government con-
tends, moreover, that if some copper
has reached the belligerents through
neutral countries, it is the duty of
the British to make more effective
arrangements with those neutral
countries
Think Note Sufficient.
London, Jan. 1.-THE British
press generally believe that the Uni
ted States ought to be satisfied with
the note. They claim that the note
proves that enormous war supplies
have reached Germany and Austria
under the cuisa nf neutral sttnments |