The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-25

the past, the present belligerents when
neutrals maintained no such prohibition,
"in fact it is only necessary to point to
the enormous quantities OF arms and am
munition furnished by manufacturers in
Germany to the belligerents in the Rus
so-Japancse war and in the recent Balkan
wars to establish the general recognition
of the propriety of the trade by neu-
trail nation"
/ (l0} "1'he United States has not sup
: pressed the sale OF DUN dunn bullets to
Great Britain. THE correspondence re-
Gently published between the state de-
partment and the German ambassador is
repeated with the statement that al
though there is no legal ground on which
to prevent such traffic, the president Of
the United States would welcome proof
Of the charges and use his influence to
prevent sale of these articles.
Ill British warships arc permitted
to lie off American ports and intercept
neutral vessels. The letter states that
protests were made to Great Britain and
Japan and that they withdrew their war
ships from the vicinity Of New York har-
Dor and Honolulu. respectively.
tl2j Great Britain and her allies are
allowed without protest to disregard
American citizenship papers and pass
ports While Great Britain has dsre-
garded American citizenship papers Sin a
few instances and the same is true of all
belligerents in every case of APP
parent illegal arrest the United States
has entered vigorous protests with re-
quests for release"
10 ~
loans to belligerents. 1T is asserted
that the American governments policy
affects all governments alike. The dan
gers Of loans through popular subserip
ton arousing partisanship through mone-
tary interest in the success of the belhg-
erents is pointed ont in contrast to pure
ly credit transactions for the purchase
Of war supplies, the money for which
does not leave the United States, and
could not. as in the case OF the loan, af-
feet the finances OF this country.
l4l Submission to arrest of native
born Americans on neutral vessels and in
British ports and their Imprisonment. -
The general charge, the letter asserts,
has been unsupported by evidence, but
wherever Irregularities have occurred,
prompt demand for release has been
made
tI5) Indifference to confinement sf
in detention camps in
England and France. All the belliger-
ents have made complaint but investiga-
ton has proved that conditions are as
good as possible" The United States has
at the special request of the
German government to send Mr.. jackson,
former American minister at Bucharest
and now attached to the American en-
bassy at Berlin, TO make a special inves-
tieation Of detention camps in England.
il6l Failure to prevent transshipment
OF British troops and war materials
across the territory OF the United
states. Mo proof Of this ever has been
furnished, and a request of the Canadiau
government 10 send war material through
Alaska was promptly denied.
tl7l Treatment and final interment %
German steamship Geier and the collier
.ocksun at Honolnlu.n-The cireum-
tanees are reviewed and the action tax.
n is held to be in accordance with the
lsuai international practice.
u.s. "Uufairness to Germany in rules
elative to coaling OF warships in Panama
anal zone.r Although the regulations
we're not proclaimed until Nov. -, no
elligerent warships are known to have
oaled previously az the zone and the sc-
ION WAS taken without the slightest
efercnce 10 faVoritism TO the beiliger-
nts7
0al Failure TO protest against the
notification OF the declaration " London
y tie British governments. The Motif
alton 81 this government that il could
Of accept piecemeal adoption Of the dec.
ration OF London is recalled with the
tstement. also that the notifications
y the beliigcrents in that code Of naval
arfars "are 81 no concern 60 the United
tatess except az they adversely affect
b riahfs 81 American citizens as de-
ped b. international Law. Insofar 80
lsss rielts have been infringed. the de-
srtmeHt has made every effort 70 OBJ
.in redress Tor the lasscs sustained