The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-06

| WAii IlOI pay IOI IlSI U OO IL. IA addition to that. she would not be able to send out any of her own surface ships, as the submarines of the other countries would lie off her ports and prevent her carrying on any com merce. That is what is likely to happen within the next year or so in the case of our own ports, in my
 judgment, unless the present warning 1 nations make peace. I have not any inside information or anything of that kind, but that is the logical thing to do; therefore, I believe it will come to pass. I believe the fact of the U-53 coming to Newport was simp- 1y an object lesson. and in articles which I have written I have pleaded for the United States not to become so angry over injuries by war-mad- dened people as to ,-put us in posi- tion where we could not send out any commerce of our own, because a half dozen vessels of the U type could stop our sending foodstuffs and the neces- sites of life to those innocent people on the other side who are suffering for the aggrandizement of a dynas- ty, or in the interest of commercial supremacy, and I think it is our
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 neutral. absolutely neutral, so that
 when they get to the point of starva-
 tion over there, as I believe they are ! in many places now, we will still be
 able to send foodstuffs and hold the
 respect of all of these nations of the
 world, including those now involved
 in war, until some agreement may be
 made whereby they can themselves c+o nf hai = en and children
 Our President in one of his notes to Germany has said we will hold them to 'strict accounta bility." He has not defined what he meant by that term as far as I am aware. The
 question interesting our people today is, does it mean we declare war upon them-kill them and assist in starv- ing their innocent women and chill
 dren and bring suffering on a large
 number of our own innocent and trusting people? I hope not. Why other court determine the injury af- ter the war crazed people stop seeing red.'' There are, I/believe, other and better ways than war to bring naughty boys and nat ons to do the AAo1AI, IAol ny Milling SlSAAA OAA. should prefer to have the following interpretation placed on the Presi-
 dents words: For every American life that you cause to be lost, who
 was not engaged in aiding your ene- my, we shall debit you with - dollars, to be paid to their family . For every American vessel you sink, not engaged in giving aid to 10 owners her value tenfold.
 These things you must do accord ing to the evidence presented before our own courts and according to their judgment, from which there : shall be no appeal, and until such claims for injuries to our people are
 settled in full we refuse to have any thing more to do with you in busi- 1 ness way. At the first injury we will 'attach'' all property belonging
 to you or your citizens in this country as guarantee of settlement.
 At the same time. as an evidence of good faith on our part, we are is- suing a proclamation to our own citizens to maiptain strict neutrality and not involve our own nation by assisting one foregn nation as against another. If they do they must ac- Ecept the consequences of their own act as privateers or blockade run ners.
 If a notice on this line was sent to all the countries involved in the war
 as our policy of maintaining our neu- trality and at the same time holding them up to "strfct accountability there could be no complaint made of unfair treatment and we probably
 would be permitted to trade with
 other nations and perhaps supply un-
 der American supervision foodstuffs
 and clothing to the innocents of all
 countries. If men want to fight let
 them stand up and fight man to man.
 but not like Herod of old, by killing
 off the innocent. If war is declared
 predict that every American seaport
 on the Atlantic coast will be closed before summer is here. What, then.
 is the answer? Simply this: Our
 maritime commerce will cease by the
 Atlantic. seaboard until we can get
 sufficient cargo carrying submarines
 to partially reinstate it. The Deutsch-
 land has proven it can be done in a
 small way by following my design of
 I1duy years dSO, dHo 0~~AAN AS~>S
 to prove that it can be. done in
 much larger way, and part of my
 contribution to my country's need or
 the needs of suffering humanity any
 where due to the practice of starving
 the innocent is the granting Of the
 free use of my inventions and ser
 vices as consulting engineer in the
 construction of cargo carrying sub
 marines for transporting foodstuffs
 and necessary clothing, to be distr1-
 buted to any of the belligerent coun-
 tries where the expense of such trans
 portation is borne by any charitable
 organization.
 I have designs already available Tor submarine carrying cargo vessels that will carry 5000 tons dead weight or cargo.
 It has been stated that the Deutsch- land paid for herself on the first voy- age over, due to the vast difference m the cost of materials in Germany and this country and the high freight rates paid My new type of cargo carrying submarine is much more economical to run than the ordinary surface ship. While the first cost is greater, this type of vessel is safer, as it is prac- tically unsuitable except at the will of her commander and with the CO., operation of her crew. They can go from the ports of one friendly country to the ports of another friendly coun- cry with little danger frSm the war