The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-06-17


and take into port shirs carrying
! goods OF presumed ele... destlna-
ton. OWNERSHIP. or orig /. This was
followed by the OrGcr IL council OF
March 18th. but pr.or to that order
! the State department was in ormed
! by the British ambassador that so far
as cotton was concerned shipments
! made during the month OF March
! would not be subject to the
order in council. but would
/ be covered by a different rule.
! That rule provided the cotton for
which contracts of sale and freight
engagements already had been made
| before March End, is to be allowed
+ free transit or bought at contract
price if stopped provided the ship
sails not later than March 31st.'
During February 100000 bales
of cotton wer shipped abroad. Dur
ing March l.20S.500 bales OF cotton
left our ports. But Great Britain
allowed no cotton shipped in March
to 20 free TO Holland. Denmark, or
Sweden. The vessels, with cargoes
of cotton were seized. and the cotton
shipped to Rotterdam, Gothenburg
and other European ports was car
ried into English ports. Over 200,-
900 bales of this cotton destined to
northern Europe were sold by Great
Britain in England during April and
May.
A Drop From 43O,O37 Bales to 49,
300 Bales in One Month.
The table of expectations as kept
by the department or commerce clas-
SITES France. Germany. Italy, Russia
in Europe, Spain and the United
Kingdom. separately. The figures
then show for the balance of Eu-
rope as Other Europe" They show
that in February We exported to
Other Europe" and Germany 49,
O37 bales of cotton. of this Germany
received $4,000 bales. In April we
exported to Germany no cotton and
| to Other Europe" only 45,3O0 bales,
thus showing the tremendous shrink
age of expectations of cotton to the
| neutral ports of northern Europe,
caused by the illegal blockade. But
for the blockade. Germany. Austria
and northern Europe would have
purchased before August 1st, 1900
900 additional bales of last year S
crop.
A Three-Niillion Bale Market Cut on
For This Years Crop.
Before these seizures by Great
Britain, the price of cotton was
steadily rising. After Great Britain
cut off our German, austrian and
northern European market, the price
of cotton fell in England a cent and
q half a pound. Great Britain stop
ped the rise and caused the fall in
price of cotton during the past two
months.
II the present illegal blockade by
Great Britain of neutral ports OF
northern Europe is permitted to re-
main of force, not only will we lose
the market now for part Of last
years crop. but a market will be cut
off for 100000 bales of this years
crop.
On March 30th the State depart
ment of our government wrote Great
Britain protesting against the notice
from Great Britain Of March 1st, and
the order in council of March 18th.
This order in council was declara-
ton of purpose by Great Britain to
intercept all vessels destined to or
from the ports of northern Europe
carrying goods of presumed enemy
destination or origin. That is to
say, this order in council of March
! 1 Ill GU lAS Pui PSSS "a ~ wv
Britain to close the neutral ports OF
northern Europe to the commerce of
the United States, even though the
cargoes consisted of non-contraband
goods, when Great Britain suspected
that the cargoes might be destined
to German or Austrian use. or that
the cargoes were of German or Aus
trian origin.
Cannot Blockade Neutral Port.
There is no rule OF international
law more fully established than that
a belligerent cannot blockade neu-
trail port, and neutrals have the right
to ship to neutral ports non-contra-
band goods even though the ultimate
destination of those goods is to citi-
zens of one of the belligerents.
Our government, through the State
department, wrote Great Britain on
March 3oth protesting against the
notice of March 1st and the order in
| council of March 10Th In this let