Evening star., 1915-09-20
BRITAIN ObSTRUCTS |
U. S. FOREIGN TRADE
Endeavors to Place Restric--
tions on Raw Material I'm
ported This Country. J
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS :
HERE MAKE NO DENIAL
Charges Made by New York World
Say Object Il to Prevent Re-
shipping Without Consent. /

The charge that the British govern
ment IL endeavoring to control the
trade between the United States ana
the other countries Of the globe was
made today by the New York World,
which presents documentary evidence
to support the allegations. It 10 UNDER
stood. and not denied by government Of
icials in Warrington in . position to
know. that England has endeavored 20
place certain restrictions on raw ma.
terial imported to this country. These
restrictions are designed to prevent
American manufacturers from reship.
ping the stun IN the form Of manufac-
tured articles to foreign countries without
the consent Of the British government
The statement is made, however. that
the British government has acted OPEN
ly, and has not taken an illegal step.
It Is alleged by the World that many
large manufacturers Of wooden goods
have not been able to import raw wool
from the British empire anywhere be-
not to let the manufactured articles
get out OF the control of Great Britain.
Dictates to Americans.
The information collected by the
World and presented in part this morn.
ing. 1t IL asserted. shows that the Brit
ish government attempted and succeed
ed in debating TO Americans engaged
in various forms of industry the terms
under which they were permitted to
do business with the rest Of the world.
These demands, as set forth In 'decu-
ments accompanying these articles, are.
in effect, that every American manu-
facturer whose business compeis the
- AHin In vaAl n lu Al, IN n
in British possessions II compelled to
sign, before receiving such products.
guarantees partaking Of the nature OF
an oath that he will not barter, sell or
any foreign country without the con-
sent Of the British government.
This application Of the boycott" TO
American business 10 extended 30 a. TO
include South America. = Y :uppo.sd.
tured products sent there might even
tually ind their way to "enemy coun-
tries. - - - - -
Equivalent TO Embargo.
American business men who have suf-
fered by the restriction assert that the
British government has exceeded Its
legitimate international privileges by
practically placing an embargo on
American-made goods Of q miscena-
neouS cn0racL9T Iuto tu0 IuAAuL1SSaiS "a
which no British raw materials enter:
How effective the trade blockade OF
America has been made by Great Brit
ain is demonstrated by speciic in-
stances.
In defense of the British policy to-
ward American trade. Consul General
Broderick made this statement to Q
World reporter:
Defense by British odicial
.-The object Of all our guarantees and
restrictions is simply to prevent ma
teriaIs from reaching enemy countries.
While we know that the guarantees re-
ouired by the British government are
chafing to American business men in
some instances, we trust that the
American people will realize that the
sole object of imposing them 10 IN &ur-
therance of this purpose.
ANY American business man VINO
feels he has a grievance against Sreee
Britain is welcome to come ana STATE
ii. We will accord him every consioer-
a tfon and do our best to remove the
obstacle If the facts justify"
Mr., Redheld Declines to Comment.
Secretary Redneld. when asked about
the World article today said:
.I have no comment to make on II
From reliable governmental sources.
however, IL Is learned that the tactcs
Of the British government are lookeo
unon merely as commercial strategy OF
a sort that any government at "ST
mi pht find necessary to ADOPT