WHAT SAVED
ENGLAND
Lord Welby has written a lengthy
article in the London Economist, which
Aneata with the hearty approval of the
New York Post, to the effect that the
war haa shown the great value of the
free trade policy of England. The tariiTs
of the protectionist countries of Europe
broke down at the precise moment that
it became necssary to secure the larg
est governmental Income. To get in
supplies they had to suspend their
duties on foodstuffs, while England has
had to suspend no revenue duties.
The simple fact is that the free trade
policy of England would have put her
out of the war before this had it not
been for her navy, and that alone. If
the Germans had had a stronger navy
than England, had defeated the En
glish navy and blockaded the English
ports as the German ports have been
blockaded, England would have had to
au« for peace within a month after the
naval battle was over.
It was because Germany, naturally a
poor country of limited resources, had,
through a policy of intelligent protec
' tion, built up Industries of every kind
and character, that she survives the
loss of her entire foreign trade and tile
practical blockading of her ports. She
can feed herself. She can provide all
that she needs for the sustenance of
her people and the prosecution of the
war.
Taking the case of the United States,
the only substantial injury which was
done to this country industrially by a
war which suspended for a time our
foreign trade and which absolutely cut
us off from the German market, was
nl industries which had not been pro
tected in this country and which con
sequently had not developed sufficient
ly to supply our domestic needs. The
countries which approach the more
closely to Industrial independence are
those which can he hurt least by a
suspension of trade with the outside
world. England suffered no such sus
pension of her trade with the outside
world. If she had, and her navy was
the only thing which saved her, she
would have been starved out long ago.
ALIEN PLOTS
EXPOSED
The New Turk World devoted n
large share of a recent edition to revel
ations concerning the activities of Ger
man agents In this country, supported
bv a mass of corroborating documents
including letters which have passed be
tween the parties to what it terms n
gigantic conspiracy. The story is so
complete, so circumstantial and appar
ently so well supported by the nocom
panying documents that it is Impossi
ble to disregard It.
The story credits these German
agents with a most astonishing variety
f of ingenious plots. They Include the
forging of passports, the damaging ol
goods destined for the allies, ,the fo
menting of strikes, the lavish use ol
money in establishing and maintaining
newspapers and press bureaus In the
German interest, t,he development of a
comprehensive and irritating spy sys
tem, a crusade to prevent the allies
from securing assistance from Amer
can banks, a plan to involve the Brit
ish navy in violation of neutrality reg
ulations, and the promotion of a plot by
Huerta to embroil this country further
in Mexico.
The main question to which an in
quiry should be directed is whether
with the direct use of money furnished
by the German government and distrib
uted through its official diplomatic rep
resentatives, a systematic campaign
has been carried on in this country to
Influence public opinion against the
administration, its foreign policies and
the stand which it has taken in sup
port of American interests. If there
is substantial proof of the charge ma<U
that the German government, through
its representatives in this country, if
using money and other means to in
fluence our domestic politics, or tc
bring about a change in our national
policy, there Is nothing proper to be
don© save to Invite those German rep
resentatives to leave the country.
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and Maori to SO per oeoit. by U. 8
government by the bottle or fallen.
COTTON IS
CONTRABAND
Washington has been informed, un
officially, that the allies propose to de
clare cotton contraband of war. There
is little doubt of the right of the allies
to declare cotton a war contraband un
der present conditions, when cotton is
the prime essential in the manufacture
of smokeless powder. To the declara
tion that cotton is contraband of war
this country could take no serious ex
ception. provided that there were ne
further departures from the rules ol
Internalional law regarding trade In
contraband of war.
For example, a neutral eountrv, such
as the TTnited States, when it sells and
atempts to deliver contraband of war
to a belligerent takes the risk that the
cargo may be seized In transit. But
it has the same right to sell contra
hand of war to another neutral nation
that It has to sell noncontraband, ant'
such cargoes are not proper subjects o
seizure by a belligerent.
This country wil] not he heard tr
complain If Fnglnnd seizes s cargo <v
cotton hound to a Oerman port. What
it objects to Is the seizure of cotton
»n route to the ports of neutral coun
fries of Furope. Tt Is our right tc
trade with neutrals, not with belliger
ents. which Is the germ of our dlsput*
with Fngland.
There have been many Irritating mat
ters In connection with the persistent
attempts of Fnglnnd to Interfere with
or to regulate our trade with neutra
countries. Not the least of them Is that
while Fngland has seized American
cotton hound to neutral countries, ye!
Fngland has Itself sold large quanti
ties of American cotton to those same
countries, taking the profits of our
trade In our own products to Itself
Tn the unofficial statement of the In
tention to declare oqtton a contraband
article there Is the further statement
that Fngland proposes to determine
what amount of cotton each neutral
countin’ normally requires nnd to pen
mtt this country to sell them that mud
and no more. This assumption of s
right to regulate our commerce with
neutral countries Is one which eat.
hardly he acknowledged. Besides, 1t
Is open to the serious objection that It
Is Impossible In operation.
MAKING
> GUNCOTTON
The other flay, nt the close of a week,
the guncotton works at City Point, Va.,
paid off a pay roll on which there were
17,000 names. During the week gun
cotton had been turned out at the rate
of 750,00 pounds a day.
Standing alone these are two re
markable statements. They become yet
more remarkable, however, when it is
stated that, on the last day of October,
1914, on the area covered by this plant
there was no sign of a powder or gun
cotton factory.
Of course this gigantic Industry is a
consequence of the war and all the
product it can turn outp robably Is sold
before it is manufactured, to the war
ring nations abroad. But so great is
the demand and so large the profit of
its output that the plant will have paid
for itself several times over before the
war comes to an end, and the foreign
demand lessens or ceases for the gun
cotton necessary to load the torpedoes
and high explosive shells which are
dominant factors of the battles on sea
and land.
However opinions may differ on the
question of the sale of munitions of
I war, Americans may find some comfort
I in the demonstration made at City
Point of American capacity speedily to
develop plants for the manufacture of
ammunition. The City Point factory Is
only one of the many plants whiqh have
been established since the war to turn
it out. Its enormous product is elo
quent of American resources.
There is, however, some consolati^fr
in knowing that this war is demon
strating how quickly wo could put our
selves in a state of preparedness when
the occasion arises. An adequate pick
et force of sea-going submarines ought
to shield us long enough to accumu
late stores of ammunition ample to
meet nny demands of our defences.
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No. 187.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER S
COURT FOR CAPE NOME PRE
CINCT. TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
SECOND DIVISION.
In the Matter of te Estate of Patrick
D. Winter, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that E. V.
Winter, administrator of the estate of
Patrick D. Winter, deceased, has tiled
In this court his iinal accdunt of his
administration of said estate; that
Tuesday the 19th day of October, 1915,
at 2 p. m. of that day, at the court
room of said court in Nome, Alaska,
has been appointed by the court for
the settlement of said account, at |
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tile exceptions thereto, and contest the
Sit me.
Dated this 18th day of^August, 1915.
JAMBS FRAWLEY,
Judge of Probate.
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