Show KING COTTON INSULTED R Bs B's IS MAJESTY'S ministers should A pause and reflect that in inter- inter I with witti cotton they are aro offending offending offend offend- offending ing inga t a class of Americans whose influence influence ence with ith their own government is paramount The Tho cotton states enjoy the majority power in Washington and are capable of exerting it through a cabinet largely recruited from the South King KinS' Cottons Cotton's anger anti an- an ti ger get half a n. century ago plunged the tho American people into civil war and ho be is just as capable today of losing r ru nis 8 temper as he vas fas in the dark days day s' s of 1861 There has b been cn little question for months that cotton would ultimately I reach ranch the contraband list Great Brittain Brit- Brit tarn fain scarcely has hns any choice in the matter Cotton enters so largely into the of bi high h explosives of every character and the tho German advantage adv ad- ad 4 v vantage in plenitude of or munitions is i isO iso o gr great at the tho allied nations must for forI I their own pr protection limit or prevent I L I shipments of that commodity to German Ger Ger- man many The latter nation has proven she can outstrip her l rivals in tho the manufacture of munitions if she can get the materials it is their business business business busi busi- I I ness to see she docs does not get tho the ma mn- tennis Neutral nations also must obtain cotton for their own purposes of peaceful manufacture and this the British government announces will willbe willbo willbo bo be permitted To the lay observer it does docs not seem clear dear how the allies can guarantee against a. a 1 proportion of these cotton otton shipments to neutral countries eventually getting gettin into Ger Ger- many Sympathy thy with the central empires may bo lie at nt a n low ebb among tho the contiguous neutrals but German military ry prowess has inculcated a n wholesome respect and German demands demands demands de- de mands aro are likel likely to receive attention Lord Robert C Cecils Cecil's assurances to the tho Ameri American nn people will wilt be bo read rend with interest but not with any great grent confidence The rho parliamentary secretary secretary secretary sec sec- for foreign affairs in the British British British Brit Brit- ish government speaks fairly fairl but his words scarcely square with British actions It is difficult for anybody familiar with tho the character of the B British tish blockade and tho injuries it has wrought upon American commerce commerce com com- merce merco to rest assured that the tho governments governments governments gov gov- of the allies will give every o consideration to the tho legitimate interests interests interests inter inter- ests of all neutrals |