The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-31
Editors Mail
STONE WAS RtGHT


Editor The Star: Read IN The
star OF Senator stone. speech
about the commission men allow.
Ing the fruit and vegetables TO de.
cay on the ground. NO as 10 keen
the prices 40. Ny husband vas
talking to a mau-ranch.r. from
North Yakima who told him thn,
the commission men had done so
all over tho Yakima valley last
fall: had bought five acres from
him and let them rot
So | believe that Senator Stone
was right. tho do not agree siln
bis war policies. MRS. X NJ
Editor The Star. How do agree
with your editorial. shall We Feed
Our Enemy" In Mondays Star.
OF course wc cannot respect III.
neutrality Of any country. even n
they do MOI lake mp arms agalas,
us. II they in any way give aid or
comfort TO our enemy. but II wns
altogether a different matier wher
Germany did not respect our neu
traliiy when We were shipping food
and munitions TO their enemy. 10
cause we had n perfect right o.
trade with whom we pleased.
so let Us put an embargo on al.
{ food atuffs TO all countries who dc
not Immediately come 10 time and
stop dealing with our enemies.
or course. " tho war continues
long, many men. women and chi
dren in those small. densely popu.
lated European nations may stsrvc
but II II becomes necessary for us
to starvc them all 10 death TO bea:
tho Germans. let Is do H.
II would be so different In Trin.
cipie from Germany's new and
dangerous doctrine OF necessity
and so much more humane than
their submarine war. and one % The
cardinal principles for which We
are fighting IS humanity.
hope you will be 40 pleased you
will publish this appreciation OF
your lofty sentiments In your paper.
MYRTLE KELLER.
Wenstchee. Wash.
EDITORS NOTE-It Ia perfectly
apparent that the above writer falls
10 make certain absolutely necea.
sary distinctions. The United States
! Is at war today. When II was nj
+ peace IL claimed as n neutral tho
right 10 sell It's commodities t.
whosoever would buy the same.
not. OF course. denying the RIGHT
lof n belligerent country 20 seize
contrabsnd ships and csrgoes. after
proper warning.
And today the United States does
not deny the right Of any neutral
country TO sell to whomsoever II
pleases.
But the United States has a right
to refuse to sell to any country
which might aid the enemy. Ger.
many had right to sell MS. when
We we're neutral. any commodities
that we might have resold TO the
allies The allies had right to sell
us anything that we might have 70.
sold to the Germans thru the mer.
chant submarines.
The Star believes there should be
an embargo against the shipment Of
foodstuffs to neutral nations who
would resell to Germany We are
a belligerent nation today. There.
fore our commercial relations with
such countries an Sweden, Norway.
etc. must necessarily he somewhat
different than when we were n
neutral nation. Then we were not
concerned with what those nations
I did with the supplies they bought
here. Now We are concerned-very
A1ch 80. We do not want TO feed
or enemy.
Sweden, Norway. etc. have n
right to sell Germany all they can.
" IL their neutral right. But Ger.
tainly IL II not their neutral right
TO expect us-a country at war--to
'help them sell stuff TO Germany.