Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-26 | Page 5 | Comments on U.S. Neutrality

COMMENTS ON U. S, NEUTRALITY Sending of Food to Gennany a Plausible and Most In- I sidious Test Case. I London, Jan. 26. 2:25 a. m. The Morning Post published today an editorial edi-torial article on the case of the steam er Wilhelmlna, the American vessel which left New York January 23 for Germany, carrying a cargo of Ameri eau foodstuffs consigned to the representative repre-sentative In Germany of an American concern. It says that this is a more plausible and more insidious teat case than Is the experiment with the steamer Dacia. the cotton-laden vessel ves-sel of changed registry, still at Galveston Gal-veston and that If it Is allowed it-will it-will be injurious to the cause of the allies. The Post contends that neutrality is an affair of the land as well as of the sea, and says that in spite of tho fact that Belgium is neutral country, Americans would find it impossible to send food Into that country through such Belgian ports as are in German hands. "America. is asking us to abrogate the power we gained upon the sea at vast expense," the Post continues, "so that American trade may nourish and support an enemy who Is destroying the subjects and the wealth of our allies and our own wealth wherever he can do so."