The Washington times., 1920-08-30
BRITISH TRADE
.HOPE|S IN cox
Work Here for His Election to
Hold Market Supremacy IN
South America.

NEW YORK, Aug. oO.-lAc pritish
government. whose great propaganda
machine, says Representative Fred a.
Britten OF Illinois. is trying TO com
pass the election OF Governor Cox In
order TO bring America into the Brit
ish controlled League OF Nations, stiii
maintains at least four great war
agencies in New York.
Despite the fact that Great Britain
has signed and ratified the treaty OF
Versailles, and Is at peace with Ger
many, she stlll maintains her minis
try OF munitions, her ministry OF food,
her ministry OF shipping and her naval
intelligence bureau In Americas
greatest port.
In addition, she still maintains In
their strategic propaganda posi-
tions" certain British subjects VINO
were exempted from military duty at
home because their positions enabled
them to assist the cause" by retain
ing their places on New York publi-
cations. II was remarked yesterday
that these publications were strong
for Cox and for the League of Ma
tions.
FRIEND OF THE BRITISH.
Prominent on the staff OF Cox at
the Grand Central Palace headquas-
ters Of the Democratic National Com
mittee is a former naval ofncer, a
protege OF the Vice-Presidential nom
inee, Franklin d. Roosevelt. rms
naval officer has close personal and
professional connections with British
naval officers in this port.
1t was learned yesterday that
among the American naval ofncers
stationed at this port during the war
for propaganda and censorship WORK
MI
dead newspaper.
This newspaper also employed a
British subject, who was sent abroad
to learn the British censorship ana
propaganda game after America en-
tered the war. He returned with a
commission in the British navy, and
was prominent in the British naval
intelligence bureau which the ad-
miralty maintained in this port.
The Britisher enjoyed unique priVi-
leges. He was permitted to go down
the bay to meet incoming steamships
on revenue cutters by permission OF
Collector Newton. This. 1t was said,
was by order of Secretary OF the
Treasury McAdoo, son-in-law of
President Wilson. This privilege
was extended to other members OF
his bureau. 1t is understood these
British naval intelligence ofhcers
searched the cabins and baggage OF
incoming passengers.
Franklin d. Roosevelt, Vice Presi-
Dental nominee of the Democratic
party. is highly praised by the Brit-
ish naval and military officers s0-
toned at New York, and their praises
are being re-echoed by the BRUSH
civilian personnel here. Roosevelt is
egarded as having been the active
1,.r. hA a
he British are grateful to MIN Tor
all the favors they received.
HATES THE REPUBLICANS.
A British naval officer stationed
here said yesterday:
"The Republicans are rotters.
don't see how any gentleman can he
a Republican, really. The Repub-
leans want to quit on us now. after
we bore the brunt of the fighting,
while it took you three years to wake
I'D to the fact that il was really you
and your wealth that the Germans
were aftes. We held them back and
tired them out so that it really was
quite easy in the end.
I'VE really can't help wanting to
see Cox elected. He stands for the
League of Nations, and all that. and
naturally wide-awake Englishmen
would rather have him than Hard
ing"
Another reason for the British de-
sire to continue the present Demo-
cratic Administration. as explained
yesterday, was "the decent way the
Democrats respected British COM
mcrcial interests in the war-real
team work, we call it,"
1t was said there was more than
one kind of cooperation by the
Democrats for which the British in
terests were grateful to the Wilson
| Administration.
| The south American trade wHs kept
secure for British shipping. South
| American goods for the United States
were carried nrst to Great Britain In
| British ships and then brought over
here in otherwise empty troop and
supply carriers. giving the Britishers
full rates on the longer haul. =.
There wns no danger that American
goods would gain n foothold In the
former German markets, since no serv
| Ice from American ports ~ South
America was provided. md. of course
British ships sailing for England and
other ships from American ports fol
England nnd France had no run fol-
such cargocs. For this arrange me nj
the British thanked the Navy Depart
mcnt and the Wilson shipping Board
| ADOPTED BRITISH BLACKLIST.
| Another method by which American
| exports to South America were kept
at a minimum was the adoption Of the
| British blacklist by the Wilson Ad'
ministration. One informant said:
There were two classes of Arms
| in South and Central America befort
the war--oncs which handled Brit
! ish goods and those which handled
| German goods. All firms which han
died German goods were put on the
British Blacklist, supplied to thu
| American Alien Property CUSTODIAN
and the Departments OF Justice and
Commerce. Firms which handled
British goods would not represent
American exporters, even n they got
over the shipping barrier. kindly erect
ed with the cooperation OF the Ship
ping Board and Assistant Secretar,
| Roosevelt.
THE other South American Arm,
| which had formerly handled German
goods and which wanted to get Amer