The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-15
DEMANDS BLOCKADE
U. s. WILL RESPECT
London email" Says Bonds
Around Germany Must Be
Drawn Tighter.
"A AMERICAN BASIS NEEDED
Special cobis Dsspos:A to Tns Sur

LONDON, Jan. 10 (Saturday).-The
Daily Mad in an editorial this morning
continues It's agitation against what II
terms the sham blockade" Of Ger
many
THE British nation" II says, rs now
face to face with the fact that the So
called blockade Of Germany Ia a sham.
The evidence gathered by Basil Clarke
and the admissions OF Lord Lansdowne
supplement each other. II the war is
to be won the blockade must be
frightened and made a reality. II the
blockade Is to be frightened there Is
only one way-put the Admiralty In
charge. let the sailors take the necessary
action and let the Foreign once stick
to It's proper business Of explaining the
sailors business to neutral States In
soothing and dlgnihed terms.
From New York the warning reaches
us that fresh protests against the pres
ent half-hearted blockade are exp cted
from the United States. II the Allies
are wise they will lose no time In put
ting the blockade on AN American basis
30 that American legal rulings and prec-
edents may be cited In our behalf.
The first step Is for Great Britain.
| France and Russia Jointly to declare q
| blockade OF the entire German coast"
The editorial instances the allied sub
! marine activities In the Baltic as re-
moving the greatest difficulty in the
path OF the blockade and Gays that the
extension OF the list OF c~ontraband Is
a matter OF extreme urgency.
There Is good American precedent
I'm the case of the C~onfederacy the
| United States seized all cotton. contend
ing that IL was AS much munitions OF
war as powder and ball. for II furnished
the chief means Of obtaining these in
dispensables OF warfare. The more
widely the c~ontraband list Is drawn the
| better. as the American Supreme Court
has allowed a cargo when contraSand to
he seized on suspicion. even though on
a neutral ship bound to "A neutral port.
by taking these steps We place the
blockade strictly IN a legal footing. ana
acting on the advice OF our hest friends.
the United States. who for months have
been asking in wonder why W do not
proclaim a bio kade.
III there must be friction with neu-
trals-and the sham blockade has gem
Grated this a. much " lot more than
the real article would have done-let
US make certain that the precedents are
on our side. Then We can point out
that II IL impossible for us to sacrifice
our vital legal rights for the sake Of
neutral IuNtTS.
W can remind critics hat the United
States In ls6i-iss6 did not relax tho
blockade Of the South because Lanca.
! shire was starving. and we did not ask
them TO do It,. So the British nation
Is not going TO let go. Its very existence
Is at take. II is going TO insist on a
real blockade OF Germany and will make
| short work OF It's Ministers II they do
not convert their sham blockade into q
real strange hold"
Basil Clarke, the special investigator
Of the Daily Mail in Copenhagen. insists
In his latest article On the passage OF
go DIS through Denmark to Germany
that the carriers at Copenhagen take the
goods Off the ships, carry them for a
little ride round the dock. and then take
/ them back to the ships. thereby comply
ing with the terms OF h agreement
between Great Britain and Denmark.
FOR delivery at Copenhagen They are
loaded OH the ships again. he states,
No. how taken off for transport by train
to Germany.
rNp'a o'rg why beef Is only half a
crown co. cents a pound In Denmark.
he says
Of beef. The Esiherg cattle market sale.
show that on one day when there were
i,a5O head OF cattle ir the street Ham
burg purcha sed lii Kis'-en OF KEEL 800,
FranCy Of Berlin ii0 and an Austrian
buver 321. leaving 2le for Danish buy
ers."