Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-07-24
NO AID FROM WILSON TO BE
HOPED FOR.

IL IS reported from washington,
that President Wilson is averse to
retaliating measures against the
Government of Great Britain which
seeks to deprive our exporters of
legitimate trade.
Such was to be expected, and the
blacklisted American firms do not
expect any help from the Govern
ment in Washington. Mr.. Carl
Gruebnau. head Of a wooden firm in
Philadelphia, which is among the
firms blacklisted by the British
Government. says:
"Our Government, Judging from
what we personally know here in
this office. viii do no more perhaps
than to protest, and will not take
any decisive step to protect Ameri-
can business interests. We probably
shall have to put up with England's
ultimatum until it suits her
pleasure, after the war is over, to
return to us our lawful and just
business rights. We are powerless
as it now is and have been for many
months
Unlawful restraint of trade has
become a byword in business circles.
The Textile Alliance of England and
OiiN VIZ Ato donOClUltu DOult5g tue
Textile Alliance of New York, have
decreed that no shipments can be
made to any neutral country in
Europe without q license approved
by itself, and that payments can be
made pro and con only through their
president, A. M. Patterson, Of the
Textile Alliance Of New York, or one
of the four banking firms Of Barring
npnf MI
and Co., Lee, Higginson and Co. and
j. p. Morgan and Co. Unless these
conditions are met there is nothing
doing
1T is necessary also to give tho
alliance full and intimate details Of
business relations, to lay all ones
cards on the table and place at the
mercy OF this organization the pos
sible loss OF ones customers and
clients. This would not do. We
have built our business ourselves
and do not desire to give others the
details Of our intimate relations
with old customers.
1--WE prefer to stand on our own
feet and obtain or lose business
through the STRAIGHTFORWARD meth
DDS we have pursued for many years.
Perhaps 1t Is because we have not
taken membership in the alliance
that we are now Included in the
blacklist. We have gone on the
even tenor of our way, buying all
the wool we could In South America,
China and Greece, and selling 1t in
the United States.
"Of course. we have lost business
across the Atlantic. In one instance
we had a sworn statement through
the Swedish Legation in Washington
that a proposed shipment for Sweden
war for consumption in that coun-
try only and the signature OF the
Swedish secretary was attested on
the statement by q secretary of the
British Embassy In Washington. De-
spite this absolute guarantee we
were unable to find a carrier for
the wool
"In another instance arrogant
British methods IN restraint of law
ful American trade which we per-
sonally experienced were COM
planned of by us to the Department
Of State in Washington. Forty days
afterward we received a letter sign
cd A. A. Adee, Second Assistant
Secretary Of State, to the effect that
our letter had for some time been
mislaid In the department and for
that reason no earlier reply had
been received by us. Upon answer
ing this letter and again saying that
we were experiencing difficulties in
making wool shipments to Sweden
and Norway we received word 10
days later that the department
noted with interest the statements
made in your letter and is giving
careful consideration to the ques-
tions involved
THAT was eight months ago and
/ deduce that the careful consdera-
ton is still going on. In substance,
we have a grievance against Eng
land for restraining legitimateAmer-
ican trade and against the State De-
partment for continuously permitt-
ing it. And we had both these
grievances before the blacklist just
announced"
Such is the present so-called Gov
ernment of the United States 1t
refuses to protect its own citizens
against oppression by England. 1t
VIII, Of course, send q note of pro-
test to London. But that note will
not contain tho words "strict ac-
countability" and "unfriendly acts,
which words stand out so promi-
nently I'm Wilson's notes to Berlin