Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-02-24

said many of the great industries of
the country were suffering because
their products were denied long es-
tablished markets in neutral Euro
pean countries contiguous to the ma
tions at war.
England Not to Blame.
1T is unfortunately true that in
these days, when trade and finance
are cosmopolitan, any war, particu-
larly war Of any magnitude, must
result in grieVous dislocation of COM
merce, including that of the nations
which take no part in the war. Your
eXcellency will realize that in this
tremendous struggle it is impossible
for the trade of any country to es-
cape all injury and loss, but for such
his majesty's government is not to
blame.
81 do not understand the para
graph which l have quoted from your
eXcellency's note as referring to
these indirect consequences of the
state of war, but to the more proxi-
mate and direct effect of our bellig-
erent action in dealing with neutral
ships and cargoes on the high seas.
Such action has been limited to YES
sells on their way to enemy ports in
neutral countries adjacent to the
theatre of war, because it is only
through such ports that the enemy
introduces the supplies which he re-
quires for carrying on the war"
Ships in Prize Courts.
Sir Edward asserts that only eight
Of the 773 ships sailing from the
United States for neutral European
countries have been placed in prize
courts, and that only. 40 have been
temporarily detained to enable par
ticular consignments of cargo to be
discharged for the purpose Of prize
court proceedings"
Hurt Only Cotton.
The note does not go into detail as
to American ships detained on the
high seas, or taken to British ports
for search. The statistics of exports
from the United States are analyzed
and the observation made that eff
cotton be excluded, the effect Of the
war has been not to decrease, but
practically to arrest the decline of
American exports which was in pro-
gress earlier in the year; in fact, any
decrease in American exports which
is attributed to the war is essentially
cotton"
has never declared cotton coutraband
or interfered with it's shipment, the
note says that imports of cotton to
the United Kingdom fell as heavily
as those to other cou .ries.
"Tlo general result it continues,
'is to show conyinoiugly chat the
naval 0pcrauona Of Great Britain
are not The cause o. 49,, IlIninuC uCiou
in the volume Of American exports,
and that if the commerce of the
United States is in the unfavorable
condition which your eXcellency de-
scribes, the cause ought in fairness to
be sought elsewhere than in the ac-
tivities Of his majesty's naval forces"
TO take a ship into port, the note
contends, is not to be looked upon
"as new belligerent right, but as
an adaptation Of the existing right
to the modern conditions of COM
merce," and it must be exercised
with due regard to neutral inter-
ests and it would be unreasonable to
expect a neutral vessel to make long
deviations from her course for this
purpose" For this reason, it is as
serted, neutral merchantmen were
encouraged to visit some British port
on their route.
Compensation Offered.
Realizing that in no war that has
yet been waged have neutral indi-