Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1915 — DEFENDS SALE OF ARMS. [ARTICLE]

DEFENDS SALE OF ARMS.

1 < i .i-viie s.ty> Germany Has Fpllowed i'laytice. At ..t-n.- 0., July 2 I.—Sale of arms aad ammunition by the. United States ■ erring nations of Europe i nor an unneutral act, and was never r -m ;ed in the laws of nations -: i : liague convention, United .Statesr:Senator Ati./e ■'Puiaereiie ;;s- - .’tul in an address to 2,500 stud- . .<aio iiniVersity here. z . “Sympathizers with European nations should not be allowed to dic- :• the policy of the United States,” continued Senator I’omerene. ’To u . pmsons v.hu would change our ; law., to suit the European nations, -i.icii iiey chose to leave of their ■own volition, the doors through ;ieh they came to America are l.jict.;.;- m?-td. The nation now com-.' mining most of American sale of ; arms and war supidies was the first . tc sign the law permitting such com- ■ merce. Germany in the last ten , years has sold more arms and ammunitions to belligerents with whom

? .ey were at peace than any other nation in the world. Because Germany is now shut off from sea comc’erce by a superior naval power, should the legitimate trade of the United States be stopped?" Senator Pomerene praised President Wilson for his stand, and W. H. Taft for his support of the President.