Absolute contraband.
See: Contraband.
Agricultural production of
Germany, growth of,
271.
American Machinist, adver-
tisement regarding ex-
plosives, 303.
Ammunition, England's con-
trol of copper means
control of, 194.
See also: Munitions and
Explosives.
Artillery.
See: Explosives.
Asquith, Premier, foreshad-
ows blockade, 150.
answers inquiries as to
British coal exports to
Holland, etc., 197.
Automobiles, commercial in-
crease in exports of, 215.
Balance of trade during war
months, 210.
Balfour, on the legality of
the British blockade,
108.
Baltic ports of Germany,
our rights to ship to,
177.
See also: Blockade.
Belgium, food purchases for,
33.
Belligerent rights defined, 6.
Belligerents, right to trade
with, according to State
Department, 37.
Benzol, substitute for gaso-
line, 287.
Beresford, Lord, questions
Asquith regarding pros-
pective blockade, 151.
Bermuda cases, cited by
England, 177.
cited in British July 23
note, 89.
Bernstorff, Count, guaran-
tees imported food will
not reach military, 62.
complains of exports of
hydro-aeroplanes, 296.
memorandum of, in De-
cember, 295.
memorandum
ammunition exports, 299,
300.
Bethlehem Steel Co., pro-
posed exports of sub-
marines to England, 295.
Bismarck, establishes pro-
tective tariff for food-
stuffs, 270.
establishes protective tariff
for industries, 268.
on right to intercept food-
stuffs, 82.
Blockade, does not affect all
neutrals, 88, 106, 108,
177.
effect of, in creating un-
desirable precedent, 105.
of Germany, announced
by England, 14, 83.
Boer War, Salisbury's posi-
tion on foodstuffs dur-
ing, 41.
Bread, German measures re-
stricting consumption
of, 275.
Caprivi, on right to intercept
foodstuffs, 82.
Certification of U. S. ship-
ments to neutrals, by
British consuls, 101.
See also: Consuls, British.
China War of 1885 with
France, rice contraband,
39.
Churchill, Winston, praises
"economic pressure" on
Germany, 143.
Cleveland Automatic Ma-
chine Co., advertisement
regarding explosives,
303.
Clothing, war, increase in
exports of, 215.
Coal, British, exports to
Holland and Scandi-
navia, 196.
Colquitt, Gov., complains of
England, 144.
Compulsion, need of, to en-
force law, 3.
Conditional contraband.
See: Contraband.
Confiscation Decree, of Ger-
many, affecting grain
and flour, 61, 274.
Consuls, British, certify U.
S. shipments to neutrals,
101.
"Continuous voyage," dis-
cussion of principle of,
absolute, justification of
considering rubber as,
232.
as defined in Declaration
of London, 21.
attitude of Britain to-
wards, as a neutral, 183.
conditional, right to move
to Germany indirectly,
24, 180.
conditional, abolished by
October Order in Coun-
cil, 47.
conditional, treatment of
under August Order in
Council, 23.
copper as absolute, 182.
copper as conditional, 175.
cotton to be declared, 132,
147-149, 160, 167.
lists, British and German,
extension of, 13.
lists, fear of shippers re-
garding extension of, 26.
lists of Declaration of
London, 10.
Copper agreement, offered
by Gardner to U. S.
producers on behalf of
Admiralty, 192.
accepted by U. S. pro-
ducers, 205.
Copper, as contraband, ef-
fect on American work-
men, 186, 208.
Britain will let neutrals
have normal quantity
of, 194.
British takings of, 195.
declared absolute contra-
band, 182.
declared conditional con-
traband, 175.
Copper, exports, decrease in,
during war, 217.
export embargoes on, is-
sued by European neu-
trals, 188.
exports to countries adja-
cent to Germany, 172, 3.
exports to Holland, Brit-
ish measures regarding,
174.
exports, importance to U.
S., 169.
exports for Sweden de-
tained by England, 182.
Italy's need for, 189, 194.
prices, before and after
outbreak of war, 171.
reported concealment of,
in ships' cargoes, 198.
shipments, "to order," 197.
stock of, in Germany, 206.
takings of England, 172.
under declaration of Lon-
don, 172.
Corn Exchange, London,
wants to export to Hol-
land, 28.
Cotton, as contraband.
See: Contraband cotton.
Cotton crop, importance and
distribution of exports,
113.
declared non-contraband
by England, 137, 139.
acquiescence by
France, 140.
difficulty of shipping to
neutral countries, 134,
138, 155-159.
exports, decrease in, dur-
ing war, 217.
exports to England by
months, 115.
exports to Germany by
months, 117, 145.
farmer, economic depend-
ence of, 135.
fear that it would be de-
clared contraband, 132.
Cotton, financial problems
and solution, 166.
German supply of, 162.
prices, British buyers buy
at depressed, 144, 145.
prices, during July, '14,
114.
August-October, '14,
April-July, '15, 161.
importance of, to South,
valorization of, by Great
Britain, 167.
Dacia, case of, 125.
Declaration of London, ac-
cepted by British with
modifications, 23.
accepted by Teutons, re-
jected by Allies, 10.
contraband lists of, 10, 21.
necessity for its accept-
ance by belligerents, 17,
309.
origin of, 7.
rights of conditional con-
traband to move via
neutral ports, 24.
this right abolished
by August Order in
Council, 26.
urged on belligerents by
U. S., 9.
Declaration of Paris, cited
in our March 30 note,
91.
Denmark, British control of
U. S. exports to, 101,
102.
Denver, Mallory Line ship,
founders in mid-ocean,
124.
Detentions by England, list
of, 53.
re-export, forced on Euro-
pean neutrals, 28.
Embargo on exportation of
cotton by Denmark, 140.
on re-exportation of cop-
per, by European neu-
trals, 188.
on re-exportation of cot-
ton by Holland, 131.
Emigration, German, growth
and decline of, 268.
English Channel, neutral
ships intercepted when
passing, 16.
Explosives, importance of,
in this war, 291.
U. S. contracts for, 292.
Exports of ammunition.
See: Munitions exports.
Exports of U. S., by months,
210.
Exports of U. S., by main
groups, 212, 217.
distorted by European
War, 211, 217, 218.
Export trade, German,
growth of, 269.
Farmer, prosperity of, 33.
Federal revenues.
See: Revenues, Federal.
Fertilizer, German shortage
of, and substitutes, 284.
Flags, neutral, misuse of by
belligerents, 77.
Flour, exports of, August
1-May 31, 34.
prices of, during war, 34.
Fodder, German measures
to meet lack of, 277, 279.
Food, increase in exports
of, 212.
Forage, increase in exports
of, 214.
Foodstuffs, right to move to
Germany via neutrals,
24.
rights of, under interna-
tional law, 19, 37, 39, 43.
British admission re-
garding, 57.
Later British position,
rights of, under Declara-
tion of London, 21.
Foreign Office, British, press
statement on meat de-
tention, 95.
Foreign Trade Advisers, fa-
cilitate movement of
goods through British
blockade, 255.
France declares rice contra-
band in war with China,
1885, 39.
Free list of Declaration of
London, 10.
Gans S. S. Co., steamers of,
held up by England, 49.
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