New Britain herald., 1917-08-07
GERMANS FURIOUS
 AT U. s. EMBARGO
Editors Attempt to Stir Up Ani-
 mostly Among Neutrals

The Hague. Aug. 7.-The German press has been printing scathing arti- cles on Americas export measures. Wilson's Brutal Methods" Starving the Little Neutrals, 'Neutrals in Will sons Thum bscrews," and How Will son Assaults Neutrals,"" are examples of the headlines used for such abuse, which is undoubtedly intended to make the little neutrals" still more disgruntled.
 The Weser Zeitung. shipping and annexationist organ. has two columns on the subject. The paper first de- scribes Wilson's "unneutral policy" before the declaration of war, saying that in spite of this "extraordinary policy" many Germans believed In him.
 People thought him theorist and doctrinaire," says the Zeitung, "but one who was nevertheless convinced that he had the mission of protecting international law and the rights of neutrals. This illusion is dissipated, for the American government is not only fighting actively against the cen- tral powers, but it is also taking the sharpest measures against the neu- tral neighbors of Germany"
 The paper continues that, even if America pretends to enforce these measures because the shortage of foodstuffs in America is such that it Is impossible to export to Europe, it nevertheless has been openly admit ted that this only serves as an ex- cuse, and that the real reason is to apply the thum bscrews to neutrals in order to force them to give up any connections with the central powers.
 "Certainly Wilson is not changing the policy that he followed when he still upheld so-called neutrality" says the Zeitung, "but his conduct de- cisively contradicts international law, which he holds so high"
 Economic Measures ''Hlegal."
 The paper argues that war of star vation is itself illegal, but that a much worse infringement of neutral rights consists in President Wilson's attempt to force neutral states to take certain combatant measures against the other side, as it makes no difference whether the measures are economic or military. The paper adds that the only differ ence between Wilson's action against northern neutrals and the Entente's g dcIioH against 1ItcCo IS ClldI "llSOll S measures are only economic, while the Entente's were economic and military. Wilson himself is pronounced guilty of having failed to protect a neutral when King Constantine appealed to 1 him.
 Already occasional voices in the Netherlands and Sweden have declared | that they have no desire to be treated | like Greece the Zeitung says, "but
 the American government goes its way 1 systematically reducing the supply ol /! necessary raw materials to those
 European neutrals which will not 1 serve American purposes. America 1 intends thereby to exert an inf1uenc, 1 on the attitude of neutrals toward l belligerents. This, however, is an inter 1 ference with the free will of the neu l trals in direct opposition to the law O l nations.''
 The writer of the article German i international jurist, Dr. Noeldeke, de
 clares that the utilization Of "hunge | threat against neutrals makes tn l American action worse. He does no 1 believe that the neutral states will b 1 able any longer to make effective pro 1 test and holds that the United States l which should have led the way il 1 defense of neutral rights, has com ] plete1y failed because it is now abso l lutely evident that Wilson, like th
 rest, only employed the protection o I neutrals as a convenient excuse.' 1 Commenting on the same subject 1 the semi-officiaI Cologne Gazette say l the Wilson export regulations repre-
 sent an illegal action unique in tn, | history of the civilized world. Neu
 trals which merely want to carry or their trade and obtain their fooc l supply, says the Gazette, are to b. starved and condemned to unemploy I ment just because they will not obe. | the orders of the Entente.