| Show DONT DEPEND ON U S FOR WAR MUNITIONS free talk in congress of a embargo seriously is embarrassing barr assing the foreign relations of the united states secretary of state lousing lansing has made this plain in private conversa conversations tiong with the congressional leaders despite this fact the sentiment for such legislation is on the increase and so soon as president wilson returns to washington he will be asked to take steps to check the discussion and block any such plans the method under consideration w which is expected to be adopted will be for secretary lan sing officially to inform the foreign relations committees of the senate and the house that the subject is filled with dynamite he probably will explain that the adoption of embargo legislation and its iti enforcement at this time reversing the entire policy of the united states would be accepted by the entente allies as an openly hostile act their interpretation the state department already knows would be that the embargo was intended to help germany and her allies and it would bring the relations of this govern innet with england france russia and italy very close to the danger point none of the warring belligerents tiow now is dependent upon the united states for material to continue the war they could cut off the supply immediately and depend on their own resources even russia for some months the biggest customer of the united states now is getting most of her war materials from tapan japan ata at a figure much less than american contractors harge charge |
