America.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 284, 28 November 1914, Page 5

America.

A PROFESSOR'S THESIS

[United Press Association. 1 New York, November 26

Professor Bassett Wendell, of Harvard, publishes an article which is attracting great interest. He advances the thesis that if Germany cripples the British navy an invasion of Canada through New England was quite conceivable. American neutrality need prove no obstacle, as the Germans found no difficulty in dealing with it in Belgium's case. THE NEUTRALITY UESTION. GERMAN MISREPRESENTATION. Washington, November 27.

While; the American official attitude is strictly neutral, the feeling throughout the country is deeply divided. Irish irreconcilables join with the Germans in denouncing the Allies.

While the Government occasionally warns the Irish-American and GermanAmerican publications to suppress their extreme views, no action has been taken to suppress any Uermait newspaper. Therefore they flourish hy hundreds in the cities, spreading broadcast bulletins claimed to have been received through the Sayville wireless station direction from Berlin, announcing German victories. A sample bulletin states that wheu the British attempted to bombard Zebrugge, the German submarines issued forth, and the British fled to England promptly. Allegations of breaches of neutrality by Switzerland and Sweden against England are continuously made. It is generally suspected that wireless operations are being maintained along the Pacific coast by German sympathisers without hindrance by the authorities, while numbers of ships are coaling frequently in tno small harbors, leaving apparently for South American neutral ports, out the coal in reality being intended for German warships. Several cases of the kind have been stopped, but it is believed that many escape oyv!.i fe to the dilatoriness of the authorities. The press generally, particularly in the eastern cities, favors the Allies, but the "yellow" ewspapt.j. have apparently been bought oulught by German money. Opinion e- erywhere condemns, the attack on Belgium. *

Financial circles are irritated agai.isfc England because the closing ,of the Stock Exchange has resulted in the suspension of Wall Street trading. A general trade movement has begun to reap full advantage of he trade dislocation in Europe. The South American Republics Irve asked the United States to co-operate to exclude all' belligerent warshios "in North and South American waters, ; and have urged that a series of, diplomatic conferences be held whe.-eat negotiations can be opened with belligerents to arrange a -modus operandi. The Republics state that trade is paralysed between North and South America, and .is anxious to restore it as soon as possible. Argentine, Chili, Peru, and Uruguay have already made proposals to the United States, asking their co-operation. The Colombian Minister has publicly announced that Colombia has maintained the strictest neutrality r-ince the war broke out. If Britain and France could show evidences of an infringement, Colombia would immediately punish the persons involved. The wireless station complained about was under strict supervision. Mr Be. tancourt admitted that it was possible that the Germans had erected another station. The fruitless efforts of cue United States to close the Pacific Coast, when they knew of their existence, showed the difficulty of dealing therewith. The Turkish Minister has explained to Mr Bryan that the firing on the Tennesse's launch was merely intended as a warning to prevent her entrance into the mine-strewn harbor of Smyrna, the launch having disregarded the signals. The incident is regarded as closed.

According to the European Relief Commission seven million Belgians are without food. The Commission appeals to the United States to despatch immediately three thousand tons of food.