Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-09-07

eNenue Bill Wnlcn may mean muc
their provisions are carried out
Ie letter. They give President Wi
IN the power to make Great Britai
ave our mail alone and abando
ar blacklisting scheme. Mr.. Wilso
virtually given the power to pre-
aim an embargo on everythin
aretofore exported to the countrit
the Entente Powers, and he
ven the right to use the land an
lyal power of the United States {
,complish the aims of the amend
ents. One Of the amendment
,ads:
"That whenever, during the
existence Of a war in which the
United States is not engaged,
the President shall be satisfied
that there is reasonable ground
to believe that under the laws,
regulations or practices of any
belligerent country or Govern
ment, American ships or Amer
ican citizens. or firms composed
in part Of American citizens, or
American companies or corpo-
rations are not accorded any Of
the facilities of commerce, in
cluding the unhampered traffic
in mails, which the vessels or
citizens, firms, companies or cor
porations of that belligerent
country enjoy in the United
States or its possessions, or are
not accorded by such belligerent
equal privileges OF facilities Of
trade with vessels or citizens,
firms, companies or corporations
Of any nationality other than
that of such belligerent.
1.-THE President is hereby
authorized and empowered, In
his discretion, to deny 20 the
citizens, firms, companies or corr
poratiOns OF such belligerent
countries the use of the United
States mails, or the facilities Of
any express company engaged in
interstate commerce, or of any
telegraph, wireless or cable COM
pany; and in such case he shall
make proclamation stating the
denial Of the use Of the mails,
or Of the facilities of such ex-
press, telegraph, wireless or
cable company or any or all OF
them, and the name of the coun-
try to whose citizens such priv
ilege or privileges are denied.
upon the making Of such
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mails or facilities OF such ex-
press, telegraph, wireless or
cable company by any citizen,
firm, company or corporation so
prohibited shall be unlawful.
and the President may change,
modify, revoke or renew such
proclamation as in his opinion
the public good may require.
ANY person, firm, company
or corporation and its servants
and employees who shall make
such prohibited use Of the mails
or express, telegraph, wireless
or cable companies or either of
them, or shall furnish such
facilities of either mails or ex-
press, telegraph, wireless or
cable company to such person,
firm, company or corporation
contrary to such proclamation
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be punished by q fine
Of not less than $4,000 nor
more than $4,000 or by impris
onment for not more than one
year or by both such fine and
imprisonment"
The second amendment provides
THAT whenever. during the
existence of a war in which the
United States Is not engaged,
the President shall be satisfied
that there is reasonable ground
to believe that any vessel, Amer
lean or foreign, is, on account
Of the laws, regulations or prac-
tices Of a belligerent Govern
ment, making or giving any un-
due or unreasonable preference
or advantage in any respect
whatsoever to any particular
person, company, firm or cor
poration, or any particular des-
cription of traffic in the United
States or its possessions or to
any citizens of the United
States residing in neutral cOun-
tries abroad, or its subjecting
any particular person, company,
firm or corporation of any par
ticular description of traffic in
the United States or its posses
sions, or any citizens Of the
United States residing in neu-
tral countries abroad to any un-
due or unreasonable prejudice,
disadvantage, injury or discrim-
ination in regard to accepting,
receiving, transporting or de-
livering or refusing to accept,
receive, transfer, or deliver any
cargo, freight or passengers, or
in any other respect whatsoever,
he is hereby authorized and em-
powered, in his discretion, TO
direct the detention of such ves-
sells by Withholding clearance or
by formal notice forbidding de-
parture, and to revoke, modify
or renew such direction as in his
opinion the public interest may
require"
This second amendment also pre-
Ides penalties in the form of a fin
{ not less than $4,000 nor nor
ian $4,000, or Imprisonment NJ
yceeding two years, or both Th
clause provides THAT III