New Britain herald., 1915-01-05
BAN ON WAR GOODS NOT.
 EXPECTED BY GERMANY
Chairman Flood Tells Rep. Ba-
 thO'dt-- -StW UnneutraI Act.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Chairman Flood of the house foreign affairs committee, today told proponents Of legislation to prohibit exports of war; materials that the German goxernf ment through the Berlin foreign >oT- flee had made it plain that 1t did not expect the United States to stop such exports
 Chairman Flood made his statement to Representative Bartholdt, who was making a general argument for hts resolution to stop exports at a public hearing today v
 'InterDationaI Immortality"
 Suppose" he asked Barthoidt, that you understood that the Ger man government through the Ger- man foreign office, had said that 1t did not expect this government to pass this legislation. Would you support it?
 Representative Bartholdt asserted that he knew nothing of the attI. tude of the German government and that he and bis associates opposed the exportatlon of arms on the grounds of international immortality"
 Chairman Flood repeated the state ment in his question and added: 'T said that they realize, and so state. that they do not expect this govern. ment to pass this legislation"
 Charge Proved Untrue.
 The state department" said Chair man Flood to Representative Bart-A. holdt, "has investigated your charge that dunn dunn bullets were being shipped from this country to tho allies. They have found that not more than TOO of these bullets hasq4 left the country and that none of them would fit modern military ser vice rifles"
 Representative Barhoidt said he hnd heard that the neutrality of tha United States had been violated " the shipments of Canadian troops over American territory in Maine, on their way to the war zone.
 1T have never heard Of that" sed Chairman Flood.
 Temple Requests Evidence.
 If this is true" interrupted Rep resentative Temple, "it is unquestion- able an unneutral act. think wo should have some evidence beyond such charge as that"
 Representative Bartholdt said thst he knew of the incident only as a matter of gossip, but that he wouS cndeaNnr 10 investigate.
 Fight Was Recognized,
 "The shipment of war supplies To belligerent nations" said Chairman Flood, "has been recognized for 100 years as right of our citizens by tho law of nations. When this war be. gan that right was recognized. Eng land, through her foresight ana the of her treasure. had gained control of the seas If wou1d be to her disadvantage to change this situation now. Would il not be an unneutral act?" ..
 The supporters Of the resolution, Representative Bartholdt said, were rying to go deeper than technical phases of international law. He said hat only "equality toward all" could justify the exercise of the light to ship arms to bellgerents
 Actually waging War.
 "Without that moral background" le said, tine right should not be tN- .rrised Now We are actually wag- ng war nu Germany and Austria ant ae guns and bullets We ship are kill- ng the kinsmen of 25, GOO. GOO Amer ans. We cantchd that all Of tha~ moral support has been taken from behind this paper neutrality and that 'eal neutrality demands that further 'hipments of war supplies be pro- libited."