The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-02
WILSON OPPOSED TO METHODS
TELLS ENGLAND HE WILL NOT
ACQUIESCE IN BLACKLIST.
serious Consequence Mentioned i'm
War1dng-Thc American Protest rs
Ewes 1oEo Positive In Its Terms
I1aan OMcials Had Intimated.

y WeSSun8t0ns July S0.-Great Brit
AIN = warned. In the American note OF
protest against the blacklist. made
public tonight by the State department
Of the "rnany serious consequences to
neutral rights and neutral relations
which iuch an act must necessarily In
volye."
Already In tho hands Of the British
foreign once, the note declares 'ln
the gravsst terms" that It is "mani-
feotly out OF the question that the
|gowernmsht Of the United States
should acquiesce In such methods" and
that the United states regards tho
blacklist ~ sinsvitabit and essentials
W. tnconsistspt with the rights of al,
the citisens OF al the, nations not in
volved In the war;" It reminds the
|Britlsh sovernment that "citisens OF
THE United STATES are entirely within
their rights in attempting to trade
with the people of the governments
Of any Of the nations now at war,
|sub5sct only 10 wen dsaned internat-
tonal practices and UNDERSTANDINGS
which the sovsrnmsnt OF the United
states desIns the sovsrnment Of Great
Britain to have too lightly and fre-
ausntly disregarded. ~:
The American note. Is even more
|pcsitivs in its terinA than ofliclals have
|intimated. Ambassador Page was In,
|structed BY Acting secretary Polk 10
deliver Il formally and textuaily. II
follows:
The announcement that his Brit
annie majssty's government has placed
the names Of certain persons. firms.
and corporations in the United states
lupon = prsscriptive black list' and
Ihaa forbidden al financial or commer,
SaAl dealings bstwsen them and citl.
lssna Of Great Brifain has been res
leetYed with ths .most painful SUR
|trlss by the people and Goysrnment 81
~ Gia)tsd statss ana seems ia the
IeSyg1a 9of The United. states Is
49, "
/ la t6k6sl. s
The secpf and effect of the policy
are extraordinary. British steamship
| Ieolhpaniss viii not accept cargoes
from the prescribed firms or persons
or transport their goods to any port,
land steamship lines under neutral
owpership understand that II they ac-
cept freight from them they are like
" to b denied coal at British ports
and excluded from other privileges
which they have usually enjoyed, and
may themselves be put on the black
list Neutral bankers refuse loans to
those on the list and neutral mer-
chants dsscline to contract for their
goods. fearing like prescription. 1t
appears that British officials regard
the prohibitions OF the blacklist as
applicable to domestic commercial
transactions In foreign countries as
well as In Great Britain and her de-
Tendencies. for Americana doing bus
iness In foreign countries have been
put on notice that their dealings with
blacklisted firms are to be regarded as
subject to veto by the British Gov
ernment. BY the same principle
Americans In the United States might
be made subject to similar punitive
action II they were found dealing with
any Of their own countrymen whose
names had thus been listed.
= The harsh and even disastrous eff.
fects Of this policy upon the trade of
the United States and upon the neu-
trai rights upon which 1t will not fail
to insist are obvious. Upon the list
OF those prescribed and In effect shut
out from the general commerce Of tho
world many be found American con-
Germs which are engaged in large
commercial operations as importers
OF foreign products and materials and