The Yale expositor., 1917-10-18
GERMANY CUT Off
BY TRADE BARRIER
NEW REGULATIONS ISSUED, AIM
TO FORCE TEUToN EMPIRE
INTO SUBMISSION.
ENFORCE ENEMY TRADING ACT
Stop Trade With Allies of Enemy In
United States As Well AS All
Trade Abroad.

shington-PresiGen Wilson has
issued the regulations for the enforce
ment of the trading with the enemy
act They constitute far-reaching con.
troll of every phase of intercourse be-
tween the United States and the re-
mainder of the world.
They give legal force to every move
of the United States in casting about
Germany an economic barrier which
will compel her into submission.
German Trade Cut off.
Not only do the new regulations
provide for cutting off trade between
the United States and Germany, but
they cut off trade with Germany's al
lies; and with those who trade with
either Germany or her allies. They
further provide custodians for all ene-
my property in the United States and
require special license for trade or
intercourse with any enemy or ally OF
an enemy within the United States.
Other provisions in the regulations:
Authorize the secretary of the treas
ury to investigate and supervise all
foreign exchange and prevent its work
Empower the secretary of the treas
ury to prevent taking into the United
States of any communication other
than by mail, telegraph, cable or wire
less.
Creates Censorship Board.
Officially create a censorship board,
consisting of representatives of the
secretaries of war and of the navy,
acknowledgement, war trade board
and committee on public information,
to censor mail, cable, radio and other
means of communication.
Authorize the federal trade commits
sion to keep secret patents chat may
be developed for the interest of the
United States and TO regulate the use
of enemy owned or controlled patents
in the United States.
Vest in the postmaster-general the
authority to censor foreign language
publications.
Charge the secretary of state with
control over the entry and egress
from the United States of enemies or
allies of the enemy.
Authorize the secretary Of COM
merce to hear appeals from refusals
OF customs officers TO grant clearance
papers TO vessels.
Charge the encouragement with the
enforcement of the criminal sections
of the trading with the enemy act
Empower the president TO regulate
imports as well as exports.
Regulations Defined.
| In an official statement accompany
| ing the regulations this is said OF
/ these definitions:
Any persons, no matter of what
nationality, who reside in the terri
! tory of the German empire or the
territory of any of its allies, or the
! territory occupied by any of their mil
| itary forces, is expressly made an
enemy" or an ally of the enemy"
| Thus, those American citizens who
! have remained in these territories are
nevertheless enemies for the purpose
of these regulations.
ANY person no matter where residing
or of what nationality, who is doing
business within these territories, is
made an enemy or an ally OF the ene-
my. This, of course, applies with spe-
! cial force to the border neutrals, and
| it is this definition that will give great
force to the embargo.
German Firms Included.
ANY corporation created by Germany
or its allies is an enemy or an ally OF
an enemy. no matter where located.
Not only is it made unlawful to
trade with the persons and firms de-
| fined above, but il is unlawful to trade
with:
Any person who is believed to be
| acting for or on account of or for
the benefit of an enemy or an ally OF
an enemy, whoever and wherever they
may be.
IL is pointed out in the presidents
order that in dealing with subjects Of
Germany who are residents OF the Uni
ted States. il must be remembered that
their nationality does not prevent ordi-
nary commercial intercourse with
them. The test OF their "enmity in
this law is whether they are trading
with or for the benefit of Germany"
II is pointed out that they may be in
termed under other provisions OF the
law.
An "enemy" or "ally of enemy"
doing business within the United
States, before November 5, may APP
ply for license TO continue to do
business in the United States.
Need Not Close at once.
1.-THE main application of these pro-
Visions" the official statement says,
will be to German or ally-of-German
concerns which are doing business In
the United States through branch
houses or agents, such as insurance
or reinsurance companies. Such an
enemy or ally of enemy may continue
to do business within the United
States until such applications are act
ed upon"
The license provisions OF the act
do not apply to Germans. Austrians
Turks or Bulgarians doing business
in the United States and having no
business connections with Germany.
Thus thousands .of alien enemies
having small business establishments
in the United States need not apply
for Hcanaa IN cOufinup ODQratiOnQ IN.