The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-28
WILL LET NEUTRALS GET
WHAT THEY NEED AND
STARVE THE GERMANS
Neutrals Can be Ration
ed Under Rule
Proclamation Provides That Sup
plies Shall First Go to Allies,
Then to Neutrals-None to
Germany.
nnternational News servicel


WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S-President
Wilson's proclamation last night !
Tightening the government control on
exports is declared to be the hardest
blow yet dealt to Germany. Under
the license system neutrals can be
rationed and exports, controlled so
that it would be almost impossible
for Germany to get any. The procla-
nation, which provides that surplus
products shall first go to the allies
and then to neutrals. with none to
Germany reads as follows:
Now, therefore, l, Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim to all 1t
may concern that public safety re-
uuires that, except as such time or
times under such regulations and or
ders and subject to such limitation
and exemptions as the president shall
prescribe, until otherwise ordered by
the president of congress, the follow
ing articles, namely:
All kinds of arms, guns, ammunl-
ton and explosives, machines for
their manufacture or repair, compo-
nent parts thereof, materials or in
gradients used in their manufacture
and all articles necessary or conven-
lent for their use, all contrivances Tor
or means of transportation on land or
on the water or in the air, machines
used in their manufacture or repair
component parts thereof, materials
or ingredients used in their manu-
facture, and all instruments, articles
and animals necessary or convenient
: for their use; all means of communi-
cation, tools, implements, instru-
ments, equipment, maps, pictures, pa
pers and other articles, machines and
documents necessary or convenient
for carrying on hostile operations
coin, bullion, currency. evidences ol
debt and metal, materials, dies, plates
machinery and other articles neces-
sary or convenient for their manufac-
ture, all kinds of fuel, food, foodstuffs
feed, forage and clothing, and all ar
y, ticles and materials used in thell
Manufacture; all chemicals, drugs
dvestuffs and tanning materials cot
ton, wool, silk flax, hemp, 1ute, slsa
and other fibers and other manufac
lures thereof; all earths, clay, glass
sand and their products; hides, skins
and manufactures thereof; nonedibl
animal and vegetable products; ma
chinery, tools and apparatus; medical
surgical, laboratory and sanitary sup
plies and equipment; all metals, min
erals, mineral oils, ores and all de
rivatives and manufactures Thereon
paper pulp, books and printed matter
rubber, gums, rosins, tars and wakes
their products, derivatives and suDst
tutes and all articles containing them
wood and wool manufactures; coffe'
cocoa, tea and spices, wines, spirits
mineral water and beverages, sha
not after the thirtieth day of Angus
in the year one thousand nine hur
dred and seventeen, be exported frol
or shipped from or taken from IN
United States or it's territorial posses
sions to Albania, Austria-Hungar
that portion of Belgium occupied :
the military forces of Germany, Bu
garia, Denmark, her colonies, po
sessions or protectorates, German
her colonies, possessions or prote
torates, Greece, Lechtenstein, LuXen
burg, the kingdom of The Nethe
lands, Norway, Spain, her colonle
possessions or protectorates; Swede
Switzerland or Turkey Excluding al
portion of the foregoing occupied
the military forces of the Unit
States or the nations associated wi
the united OldleS III Tic Wal - VI oi
territory occupied by the militia
forces of Germany or her allies, an
- I do hereby further proclaim to
Awhom it may concern. that the pu
lie safety requires that, except
such time or times and under su
regulations and orders and sublt
to such limitations and exceptio
as the president shall prescribe, Il
til otherwise ordered by the pre-
dent or by congress, the following {
ticles namely: Coal, coke, fuel OF
lubricating oils, hand lanterns
naptha, benzine, red oil, kerosene a
gasoline. all bunkers, food grail
flour and meal therefrom, corn flo
barley, rye flour, rice, oat meal
rolled oats, fodder and feeds,
cake, oil meal cake, malt and p'
nuts, all meats and fats, poult
cottonseed oil, corn oil, copra, d
sicated cocoanuts, butter, fresh, dr.
and canned, fresh, edible and
edible. grease of animal or vegeta
origin. linseed oil, lard, timed mi
peanut oil and butter, raseseed
tallow, tallow candles and stea
acid, sugar, glucose, syrup and n
/lasses, pig iron, ferro silicon
spiegeleisen, steel ingots, billie
blooms, slabs, and sheet bars, Il
and steel plates, including ship b.
er. tank and all other iron and st
plates one eighth Of an inch IN