The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-11

: adVesse effect upon certain great N
a dustrist, such a COTTON, is obvious
{ hut il Is submitted thar this Is due I,
the general cause OF diminished pur
chasing power Of such countries a
. France, Germany and the United
E Kingdom rather than 10 interfere
with trade with neutral countries. u
, he matter OF cotton, IL may he re-
called that the British Eceernment
, gave special assistance through thu
! liverpool Cotton Exchange To the
renewal If transactions in the cutt VI
trade Of not only the United King
dom. but Of many neutral countrie*
Your eNCcllency's note refers ~
! part jruisF to the detention u copper
The figures taken from official returts
tor the export OF copper from thc
I n!ted States Tor Italy Tor ~ months
during which the war has been IN
progress mp to Che eri OF the FIRST
three weeks of December are a> fol-
lows.
f1efS-t5 goo. GOO pounds 1sl4--
a6.2&s pounds Norway. Sweden
Denmark and Switzerland are nos
shown separately for the whole peri"
on the United states returns, but az
Included in the heading other Euro
ptan countries that -. Europe other
tbRu the United Kingdom, Russia
France. Belgium Austria, Germany,
,-r-s @,,r,.s,,,.,,,3tr, s.,.r.s under
t..ts Ies5s,,,. o'o ,s fSpn,ys
"f4ES-s. 2TI.u00. pounds {st4--
&53H-.t1G pounds
Destined for German
WITH such figures the presumut'cg
IFS very strong thst the hulA ~ copper
.Y.u4.l-n.u 90 these countries has ra-
GENTLY been fatepded, not for their
YsaI usn hat fer tNat ~ a belilx-Frnf
t,Na -a,r, ri,t i,u.,1rl II direct. Il is.
trrvsf4rr. al. 4upevprIvc necessft, far
EA. saf=t-y IF t1te sorntry while IL is
at ,t.,r. fhat his u4s4cSt,'s rsytrrfuyr,t
~Ha-,ld aa an {r, jfs mower. fa.-ton s+4 ..s.
raft ,f thie ,mpart Of conner aS il. not
uuB.tEef,. destined tnr n..;t.4i cana
tr.,e
..
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II can nns believe. that Hith such
agurfs before tham a0G in SUCH cases
a4 those juet mentioned he govern
ii4tltt az rae NlttG - ttt% ~ tDttf QuGA~
lion the irnpricty OF the action Of
hts ussiesiys government in taking
suspected sAr.0rs to "a prize court,
and We ave eont u,cd that il can
no3 he lu accord with the wish either
uf t'lr government or of the people
Of fhc United states To strain the
international code in favor of private
interests 81 MS 90 prevent Great Brit
ajn from taking such. legitimate means
Ser this purpose as are in her power.
With regard ia the seizure OF
foudAuns. to which your exceliencr
refers. his naiesty's government Is
prepared to admit that foodstuffs
should not be- detained and mt into a
pli4c court without PRESUMPTION that
they are intended for the armed forces
Of the enemy OF the enemys govern
4ueut. We believe that This NH. has
been adhered To in practice hitherto.
tut il The tuitcd States Government
have instances 10 the contrary. we
4rc PREPARED 10 examine them and
1t Is uur present intention to adhere
to the rule. though We can not give
au unlimited and unconditional un-
aertaktns in view of the departure
iE those against whom we are lighting
From mther,o accepted rules of civil
.@al GA and humanity and the uneer-
talHsy as to the extent to which such