A Sa, eto st, we mee the yellow Kerria japonica; now we observe Ban aS ate es Sat sels ities fico ESSQEE a Geert, Peat ice Oka cee a niet Seni cig, Wp" n de det Pee Coe hat oda Sect nat aren cats ea tnetast!
atte inch tee SEs Regal coe shee ST mane Sins Int a oth ete Sie RS aaliate ce t taa fore OS SIE Se a cee The German counter-charge that Britain is really searching American malls to find out commercial secrets has been accepted and given publicity by several Congressmen, for example, Congressman Maas: "The truth of it is that what Siena es hi eel cokera tei ae way hil teat GE ty Sia Sresar et Ree Seed ces ma che they are after, and what they are getting at every day, is an opportunity to examine the manifests and the bills of lading of American merchants and American shippers. They are. copying these facts and furnishing them, through their economic contro! to their own industries and attempting to underbid us in SCALE re erty aero Sct maentranea's a ister! mea, ata eat ec ce eae ear gee A commerce, Tam informed today when our ships are dragged into a contraband port and held an unreasonable time, or until it Is unprofitable for the shippers, and the shipping concerns, that the bills of lading are all furnished to British concerns, and their agents in this coun~ try then go round and solicit the American shippers, recommending that it would be aviso for them to ship on & British ship, i¢ they want to make their deliveries certain. It is nothing in fact but a continued attempt to destroy American commerce. They have been at it for 100 years, and they are still at it. tas Soret teers tater at © la a periwinkle, is giving a nice show of blue flowers renee og te ati ewe Reectinis Pithe ATRY Gey ere go a etn er tal noe eral amer yee ray ele OE ae, ete Fete i cee dite ates Iseeane Sic ne teh thriving and there were plenty of plants along Much of the mail is not delivered at all, or it is not delivered until it is too Jate to be of any value. I have been informed that British merchant firms are given access to this mail, and they offer to fill the orders to our customers when our mail is not de-
We tra ple of he Saat at ale one eae (levee Sri at hele attaateas eP lets livered, and thereby very seriously interfere with and destroy our commerce, am proposing, first of all, that we put our mails upon combatant vessels of the Navy, and that we make sure that we have enough warships to protect our interests that we deny our ports and commerce to the vessels of nations that violate our neutrality' and, if necessary, that we convoy American ships with American war vessels, If we will take a firm stand today and say, 'We are neutral; we are not going to interfere in this war j but, by the living God, nobody is going to interfere with us,' we will be let alone, and we will stay out of this war."
Since the cash and carry sections of the Neutrality, Act prevent belligerent governments from obtaining anything whatsoever on credit, the limited dollar resources of the Allies are being husbanded and applied mainly to arms purchases. The sale of farm products has fallen off. and that of industrial products has risen. The protests from the agricultural areas sound loud in a Congress~ man's ear when a political campaign is near. One way out of the difficulty would be to make purchases on credit possible, but that would be regarded as a step towards involvement in the European conflict. Therefore, one finds proposals being made by the Senate Finance Committee to compel the Allied Governments by the use of reprisals to buy more farm products. As the head~ line on the front page of the New York Times expressed it, "Allied trade aims cause Washington to weigh reprisal."
Thus, while vigorous opposition is raised in Congress to economic pressure of any Kind against Japan, conducting her ageres~ sive campaign against China, on the grounds that this might lead the country along the road to war, prominent Isolationists, such as Senators Vandenberg and La Folleite, have no hesitation in proposing economic measures directed against Britain when. in her efforts to check another aggressor power, she treads on one of Uncle Sam's more sensitive corns.
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