Evening journal., 1916-07-18
BRITAINS WIDEN Their
BOYCOTT TO america
Foreign Trade Office Pub
fishes Blacklist of 80
Firms and Individuals
JUSTIFIES ACT
IN STATEMENT

LONDON, July 1s.-The British
Government today published list of
from 70 to so business firms and indi-
viduals domiciled in the United States
with which residents of the United
Kingdom are forbidden to trade. This
is the first time that any American
firms have been placed on the statu-
tory list, which is better known as
the Trading with the Enemy Act
Blacklist All other countries have
been represented on the list for some
time
Laming Worthington Evans, con-
troller of the foreign trade depart
ment of the Foreign Office, gave the
following explanation of the latest
extension Of the Trading with the
Enemy Act.
1T has been the policy of the
British Government in the past to fol-
low the theory in forbidding its sub
iects TO trade with an enemy, that
enemies domiciled in friendly coun-
tries did not come under the act.
France and various countries hold the
doctrine that their nationals cannot
trade with an enemy, no matter what
his domicile. Modern conditions OF
lcredit and commerce make it possible
for an enemy outside belligerent terri
7 tory TO trade with his country. There
fore a considerable body of opinion
in this country urged the government
to abandon its traditional doctrine
and the foreign office. while not going
, to this extreme, decided simply tc
. prohibit persons domiciled in the
5 United Kingdom from trading with
, limited number of individuals, firms
or companies of enemy nationality ol
association under the same penalties
z as though they were trading with al
n enemy"
- The statement continues:
1T will be clear that this policy
{ embodied in the recent act. is purel!
o a piece of domestic legislation, whicl
,, only interferes with trade, even Il
r the cases of specified concerns, b.
r. prohibiting persons domiciled in tn
e United Kingdom from dealing will
r these concerns. II is a consequenc
q simply and solely of the exercise o
the right of the state to limit or cor
troll in the interests of the State. tn
trade relations of its own subjects
As regards the United States list, thl
IN may roughly be divided into fou
n classes:
"First-Germans firms with hea
offices or control in Germany.
50 "Second-German firms incorpora
~ ed in the United States and therefor
technically American entries. w
10 have dealt with these firms on the
10 merits. In these cases somethin
y more has been required to qualif
ie them for the statutory list than Gel
"a man natiOnality-either assisting tn
~ enemy by loans. propaganda or in r
ne gard to contraband.
at "Third-Except insofar as covere
by the first or second qualification
e United States citizens as rule haN
b. not been placed on the list. II an
n are there it is because they are so
no agents for enemy firms resident
D. enemy territory
or "Fourth--When. however, clei
,s abuse of cable facilities has bee
+, proved a firm OF individual may
a found on the list. BY abuse is mea
"a the use of a secret code or of cloal
~ to cover the fact that cables are
W ing used in a particular interest.
an very few such cases will there
found to be United States citizens