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Show UNITED STATES WILL SELL TO BOTH SIDES. Secretary of State Bryan notifies the German government that Uncle Sam declines to discuss this countrVp r1gM to eel) merchandise, which includes in-cludes fruns nfl ammunition, to any other country than Cornian Th ! Secrctarv even hints that the people of the lmted States rill sH w'r merchandise to nations at war Just a? the people of Germany have al- I ways done in the paet when olher na- t tions were at war. The Secretary might have suggested that even the great Knipr v,orks al- I vays put extra men to work when ,,.-y prf in ipht ana prOFP'Jt-IH HI WSW "-' that the Krupp millions were principally princi-pally created by being neutral during war time to the extent of selling ammunition am-munition to either one or both sides to a war. The only limitation has been the ability to bring forth the almighty dollar. The trouble, however just now i6 that the people of the 1'nitcd States would be glad to sell ammunition to Germany as she does to ?:nglajid, only the latter nation would capture any supplies intended for Germany, while Germany tries to capture the supplies intended for England but fails to a great degree because her great fleets are In hiding in home waters protected protect-ed by mines. The German nav. not being as large as the English navy, is not ' taking any chances on being crushed until the German submarines shall hae destroyed enough English ships to give the Germans a chance. If that time ever arrives, and the Germans Ger-mans should win on the sea, then the English will complain about the United Stater selling war supplies to Germany. , The war is only starting and it Is anybody's fight up to date. That 1 there Is a deadlock seems certain a6 both sides crow about driving each other a few feet or yards in several days" fighting. Generals Grant and Shirman reported their advances in miles, but progress measured in inches inch-es seems big in Europe just now . rw- |