TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-01-24
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ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL THE
COMMERCE. OF NEUTRAL
NATIONS
NATIONS.

NATIONS.
II would seem from the Allies In
sistence upon controlling the commerce
of neutral nations such as Greece, Swe'
den, Holland, Denmark, Norway and the
United States that they believe that BY
shutting off OF all war materials, oil
food stuffs, all textile raw materials
they can conquer .he Central Powers
With open and admitted disregard OF
international law. with openly displayed
remuneration Of rs own precedcnts and
decisions in the Boer War and the Rus.
sian Japanese conflict, Great Britain
declares British and allies necessities
force them 10 inflict commercial injury
upon neutral nations and compel them
(the sllies) TO violate neutrals' rights.
Sweden,s King calls the attention Of
the national Legislature to this denial
OF his countrys rights; Denmark's 90.
yernment is contracting for large guam.
titles OF war munitions, preparing TO
meet an issue forced upon it. Greece is
made victim OF these atrocities Of na.
valism and while miitarisin, so far, has
respected it's boundaries and neutrality,
nayalism, represented by Great Britain
and her allies, hss poured hundreds OF
Thousands OF soldiers over Greek ter.
ritory and to-day holds her ports under
control by their guns.
The United States has let hundreds OF
its vessels be captured and its citizens
have lost hundreds Of million Of dollars
through the stoppage By Great Britain
of their commerce. bound TO neutral
countries, and the protests OF the Pre-.
sident are regarded no more than those
OF the King OF Greece, or, as the King
said, than those Of an African chief.
These are patent, open, public facts,
known to all the world. Comment is un.
necessary, but our readers can make
their own application as TO the dangers
the world from tyrannieal
When It comes TO shutting off sup.
plies Of war material from the Central
Powers through stoppaee Of shipping
them TO neutral nations, II Is hardly
fair for the allies themselves TO be
such large contributors to the nrming
and equippins Of the armies Of their
foes.
Russia left in Poland and Galicia
hundreds OF cannon, millions Of shells,
scores of millions Of rounds OF rifle
millions Of dollars worth |
Of clothing and other forms Of military |
equipment for Germany and Austria's
nse.
The Turks claim that the British and
French on the Galician Peninsula aban.
ioned cannon, rifles, ammunition and
stores to the value Of slo.0oo,0oo when
they evacuated ssdul Bahr position.
Serbia, the stipendiary Of Great Bri-
tain, France and Russia, has transferred
The hundreds Of cannon, the thousands
If rifles, the millions Of rounds Of am.
and all the military stores
Of the vast amounts her allies
'ent ler, to the armies Of the Central
Powers.
Montenegro has just surrendered
very cannon, every machine gun, every
.ound Of ammunition itA army possesses
70 the soldiers of Austria.
II the allies themselves keep up this
implying Of war materials to their
oes 1t really seems absurd for them TO
'iolate international law by attempts
% prevent neutrsls from receiving ship
nehts Of munitions.
They have shipped ana paid heavy
reight upon al this war material,
which they delivered ss stated above
o their own active foes.