COTTON AS CONTRABAND
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO GERMANY London, April 6. Last mouth, Sir. William Ramsay, the eminent scientist, informed M. "Millerand that it would be greatly to Franco's interest to treat cotton as contraband, as, ultimately, Germany would be forced to resort to ordinary gunpowder, which is not suitable for modern guns. A number of leading scientists who support Sir William 'Ramsay's view have appealed to the Government to declare cotton contraband, but without avail. The "Morning Post" states that Germany received .200,000 bales of cotton, during January and February.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2430, 8 April 1915, Page 5
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92COTTON AS CONTRABAND Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2430, 8 April 1915, Page 5
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