Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-16
PRESIDENT TO DIRECT
j. s. TRADE WITH WORLD
Powers Under Trading-With.Encmy
Act Make Him Most Powerful
Ruler on Earth.
ISSUE ORDER UNDER NEW LAW
So Stringent Are Provisions That
New LINEUP OF Neutral Nations
Is Expected, With Their Yield to
Demands OF This Government.

WASHINGTON. october Is. The
powers granted President Wilson un-
der the trading with -the-enemy act
ard functioned under his executive or
der OF Yesterday gives him more power
than any other executive or ruler III
the world. Ttis was the opinion amons
allied and neutral diplomats and COM
mercial experts here to-day.
There are certain essential commodi-
ties possessed only by the United
States. and without one or more or
which no nation can we'll got on I'm
der the definitions OF enemy" and
ally of enemy" the United States can
not permit the export OF these essen
tials to any country. firm or person
who trades I'm or who may REASONABLY
be suspected OF trading" with Ger
many or the territory OF any OF her
allies.
The passage of the act and tho exc,
else OF its powers by the President Is
expected to result in a blacklist Of per-
sons and firms with which no American
can trade. Such n blacklist is almost
demanded by the law. 1t will escape
the objections lodged against similar
devices BY Great Britain because, while
Great Britain sought control over mat
ters upon which she had no prope.
jurisdiction, the United States in this
case is merely directing the uses OF her
own property to the winning OF the
war.
NO diplomats, it may be stated. OK
pressed greater satisfaction with the
Presidents order to-day than did the
representatives OF Great Britain.
Ihcy recognize that IT carries ONT e,.
fectually what Great Britain has b.e,
attempting to do.
EXAMPLES OF WAY IN
WHICH LAW WILL wonI<
The war trade board to-day issued
Il" oroer which is an example OF the
way the new law will be administered.
~ required OF all American firms WITH,
branches abroad formal agreement
'hat goods licensed to them for export
10 branches will not thence be re-ey
r'' ecu, eilher IN original or changed
'oi NJ me hrms must agree as follows:
ucciare mat during the continu-
ahcc or the present war we and none
VI our branches or agencies will ox-
ror'' re-eNport' sell, trade or do bus.
SS u'rectly or indirectly. with any
enemy or ally OF enemy as herein do.
fined. to-wit
ta) Parsons or associations of nor
sons residing in any country mr. oI,,,
OF any country with which the Irni,o1
states is at war, including ,nv
ritory occupied by the military or
naval forces Of such cnemv or eno,,,,
allied nation
OBJ Any such person or association,
residing outside of the United States
ana doing business with such enemy
or ally OF enemy country.
IL is pointed out that this policy will
eHectually prevent any firm I'm the
United States from doing bushes,
WIN hrms In the northern neutral or
oo"'n american nations which In turn
are suspected of doing business with
Germany or any OF her allies
me hrms must further agree that
none or the articles so exported will
he reshipped from their foreign
branches without the consent OF the
local United States consul
so stringent are these proy;s;ons
That n now lineup of the ncutro1s is
confidently expected here. The neutrols
have hitherto brought up treaties and
agreements with Germany which boupd
them to do a certain business with Tho
Tcuton empire. Against these treaties
| and agreements Vance Mccormick and
The exports board have up TO now
been able to nilege only tho genera,
policy OF the United States They can
hereafter base their refusals of ey
port licenses on. the direct mandate
or Congress az carried out by tho
President. The neutral diplomats who
have been negotiating here for the
food and fuel which they SO vitality
need insisted to-day that the negotia-
tions were progressing satisfactorily
This Is taken to mean that they will
eventually yield to the demands OF the
United states with regard to the re-
striction OF their trade with Germany