The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-11
The British Notc.

The british Note.
The text Of tho note follows:
'-Thr British Secretary of state for For
ogn Affairs to the American Anbas-
sddor
Foreign Office January :. 1915.
"NotU ENCElLENCY. | have the honor
to acknowledge receipt ot your note OF
the 2Nth Of December.
ct rs being carefully examined and
tho points raised In IL are receiving con
sldcratiou. ~ the result Of which reply
shall hc addressed 10 Your ENccllcncN
dealing I'm detail with the ISSUES ra sed
and the points TO which the United States
Government have drawn attention. This
consideration and the preparation OF the
reply viii necessarily require some time
and ! therefore desire to send withou,
further delay some preliminary oBscrva-
lions which will ] trust help 20 clear
ne ground and remove some miscouccp-
tons that seem TO exist
Let me say al once that We entirely
recognize the most friendly spirit referred
20 10y Your ENoHtleucy and that We desire
n replv In the same spirit and IN the be-
licf that. as Your ENccilogcy states. frank
ness VII best serve the continuance OF
cordial relations between the two coun-
tries
Ellis MajrstS's Government cor
daily concur In the principle Pnun.
ciated by the Government or the
United States that n hclligcrcnt In
dealing with trade between neutrals
should not Interfere unless such in-
reference l. necessary 10 protect the
belligercnts national safety and then
only to the extent to which this II
necessary. We shall endeayor Ia keep
our action within the limits of this
principle IN the understanding that
II admits our right to Interfere when
I'm L. pnt All In
trade between the United states and
another neutral country but with
trade In contrabnnd destined for the
cnrmy's country, and We are ready
whenever our action may uninteRtiOn-
ally exceed this principle to make re-
dress.
MiscOnccption.
I'VE think that much misconcepuon
exists aS to the extent to which we have
IN practice interfcred with trade Your
FNcclleucy's note seems TO hold his Mai
csty's Government responsible for the pres 70
ont condition ~ trade with neutral coun-
tries and it Is stated that through the
action Of his MoJesty's Government the
products OF the great industries of the
United States have been denied long e.
tablished markets In European countries,
which, though neutral. are contiguous to
tho seat Of war
"Such result Is far from being tho
intention Of his Maiestys Government.
and they would exceedingly regret that
n should b" due to their action. have
been unable 10 obtain complete or con-
elusive figures showing what the state
ot trade W tn thesc neutral countries has
been recently, ard I can therefore only
ask that some further consideration
should he given to the question whether
United States trade with these neutral
countries has been so seriously affected.
The only figures As to the total volume
or trade that ! have seen are those for
tho exports from New York. for the
month OF November 1914, and they are
as follows. compared with the month Of
November, 1918.
Exports from New York for Novem-
her, 1918, and November, 1914. respec-
lively:
Denmark. t56s.OO0. s7lOI,OOO.
"SNeden, S377.OOO: sass. 900
"Norwny, si77.0OO s2.3lS.0OO.
"Italy. S2,97l.OoO; si.7Si.0OO.
"Iloland. Sf3s9,OOO: S&.9BOO0O
1T is true that there may nave been a
railing of IN cotton exports, as TO which
New York figures would be no guido, but
his Mdjcsty's Government have been most
careful not to interfere with cotton, and
Us place on tho free list has been scrupu-
lousy maintained
we do not wish 70 lay TOO much stress
upon incomplete statistics; the figures
"a MO 400 .,,',,.1i y, ~, Y
~, ,i A. ~ 49, ,itt W cN"".''o any iur-
WIN IekaIu 10 'he Ntate
a,t ~ wv Use nSuIr"l countries
''.u ,m'S po'"t !" uiHeTehl conclusion
=. snoN t."l II ~ the acuuh pi ms
~ 80 - men W particular ana
wy '". ~ So &C. ul " s'a'e OF wa! ana
'"sl 'u'nt ",iIl,uu'l"h or puFchasinS
I'Nc' "uu SH''HHaN' OF trade "hlch Is
I'S,vnS'"c TOT universe tHc''s upon trade
WI" Wv "o"""' countries
Eo.c, n, a STA, -, ~,
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THAT the existence of a state Of war
on such n scale has had very adverse