New Britain herald., 1916-04-25
ENGLAND'S EMBARGO
 A FORCED EXCUSE
Brandegee Protests Against Meas
 ure Aimed Against Red Cross
Especial to the Herald.)

washington, April 24.-SenatOr
 Brandegee of Connecticut presented to
 the senate and had inserted in the Congressional Record a telegram from
 Prof. Yandell Henderson of Yale uni
 ve1sity protesting against the alleged brltlsh blockade against Red Cross supplies destined to Germany and Austria. The body of the telegram
 was as follows:
 Red Cross has just issued circular announcing British government re- fuses to pass Red Cross supplies for central powers. Would beg that you will protest in the senate against vir- tual overthrow of Geneva principles and will not tacitIy allow Red Cross to be used as aid for one side only.'
 After presenting the telegram Sena- tor Brandegee said:
 MT. president, I am not particular ly familiar with any order that Great Britain may have made prohibiting the supplies of the Red Cross from reaching the central powers. I think l remember to have seen in one of the newspapers the other day that such action had been taken and it was claimed by the British authorities that it was done, if 1 recall the reading cor rectly,, because of fear on their part that some of these hospital supplies might be used for war purposes. It seemed to me at the time that that was som eWhat forced excuse. l had supposed hitherto that supplies to re- lieve the suffering of wounded soldiers could be sent into any country by the Red Cross, and l assumed that it was recognized by all belligerents that the Red Cross was sent upon an errand of mercy I do not know what supplies the Red Cross is sending in that could be used for war purposes to any ex- tent. I conceive that what cotton or chemicals they use for hospital pur- poses would not go very far in main- taining attacks about Verdun at least Not knowing any more about it than I do I am not prepared to say any, thing mOre about it.
 T have presented the telegram, and it will appear in the Record, hoping that the attention of the state depart mnt may be drawn to the subject.
 Tilson on Agriculture.
 Representative Tilson of Connecti- cut has been participating in the de- bate on the agricultural appropriation bill in the house. He brought out~that part of a $65,000 appropriation car ried by the bill for combating insects tobacco and other "southern field crops" would be available for studies of such insects injuring the tobacco crop of ConnecticuE The bill contemplates important demonstratlon work against the tobacoo horn worm. ]
 Again, a question he asked Repre- 1 sentative Moore of Pennsylvania elicited the information that the fed- eral government is cooperating Wlth l Connecticut and other states exper1- mentally ill Investigating the mos 1uito. MT. Moore had offered an to the bill to proV1de TOT lighting the mosquito with the help or Uncle Sam's money. lie was co1npll- nented by Representative McLough1h ,f Michigan on his success in getting m anti-mosuuito provision in the riv- er and harbor bill.
 II believe" said Mclaughlin, by 1 lis persuasive eloquence he could bet ] l mosquito amendment on the mlgra- ory bird law to take care of the mig l 'atory mosquito.
 ''The intertate commerce law has oeen made to do duty in everything ,lse,' said Tilson. Might he not use hat?"
 ''Evidently a good way to take care # mosquitos has been found,' replied Then the cOlloquoy l continued as follows:
 Mr. Tilson. One trouble is that he mosquitoes refuse to respect state ines; they do not hesitate at all to 70 from one state which may eradi- ,ate a part of them into another state which has no means to eradicate them tt all.
 MT. Mann. Forbid them by law.
 MT. Mclaughlin Well, the gentle nan will have to have something like he migratory law. l can not 1 hink of anything better" The remedy suggested is as reasonable as the 1 question which the gentleman asked.
 Later MT. TilsOn suggested that it night be better for the department l f agriculture to pay a bounty for the ,redatory animals killed in the na- ional forests instead of hiring hunt rs at regular salary to attend to he animals. Representative MOndell l f Wyoming said that the hiring plan vas considered best by the depart 1ent, as state and counties pay bOun- 1 ies. Representative Madden of Illi- ois said that salaried hunters might oaf on the job and grow fat, and he eminded the house that "a fat dog ,ill not hunt"