Show WAR BY PROXY NO N more c effective method could be bede de devised for embroiling the United United Unit Unit- ed cd States State in this terrible war than the tho selection of any one of the bel bel- for such commercial reprisals reprisals reprisals re re- re- re as Congressman Metz l of NewYork NewYork New New- NewYork York suggests sugg Whatever steps the American people may take either cither ns as private citizens or as ns a n. nation must be bo impartial and with equal application application application tion to all the struggling powers An An embargo on England by American manufacturers might end the war as 36 the congressman suggested suggested suggested sug sug- to the tho Philadelphia conference of At lint hut it ii d would An Tn nl alan n rt a r great deal more It wOl would d align the United States openly as the ally of Germany It would place pIneo this country coun conn- try in a position of having basing struck shrewdly and successfully at England's England's Eng Eng- lands land's most vital rital spot It w would bean bo be boan bonn an nn attempt by tho United States to rob Great Britain of the proper advantage advantage ad ad- vantage she enjoys from control of the seas No violation of our neutrality neu tr lit could be more moro flagrant German refusal to furnish dyestuffs dye dye- stuffs potash and other necessary ry commodities to the United States is doubtless intended to arouse American Ameri Amen can cnn business businessmen men to somo some such fool fool- L r as ab us lur LULa proposes it is IS Germanys Germany's method of forcing the manufacturers of America to fight her battles for her But it will not succeed The United States government government government govern govern- ment has the tho unquestioned right rig to curb the tho pugnacity 9 of an any of its citizens citizens citi citi- zens and is likely to use it |