NO: Democrats—Hardwick and Reed—2.
Republicans—Borah, Brandegee, Calder, Curtis, Dillingham, France, Gallinger, Gronna, Hale, Harding, Johnson, of California; Kenyon, Knox, Lodge, McNary, New, Norris, Page, Sherman, Smoot, Sutherland, Wadsworth, Watson and Weeks—24. Total, 26.
Exports and Imports to and from the Belligerent Countries, 1914.
Exports and Imports to and from the Belligerent Countries, 1914.—The following figures are taken from the “Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1915.”
|
Exports to— |
Imports from— | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria-Hungary |
1913 1915 |
$23,320,696 1,238,669 |
$19,192,414 9,794,418 |
| France |
1914 1915 |
159,818,924 369,397,170 |
141,446,252 77,158,740 |
| Germany |
1914 1915 |
344,794,276 28,863,354 |
189,919,136 91,372,710 |
| Italy |
1914 1915 |
74,235,012 184,819,688 |
56,407,671 54,973,726 |
| Russia |
1914 1915 |
31,303,149 60,827,531 |
23,320,157 3,394,040 |
| United Kingdom |
1914 1915 |
594,271,863 911,794,954 |
293,661,304 256,351,675 |
| Canada |
1913 1914 1915 |
415,449,457 344,716,081 300,686,812 |
120,571,180 160,689,790 159,571,712 |
The table shows that the normal trade with Germany was the largest next to that with the United Kingdom, and that Germany took more of our products than Canada. It shows that Germany was not only one of our best customers but that the balance of trade was largely in our favor, the excess of American exports to Germany over imports in 1914 amounting to $154,875,140, or nearly as much as our entire exports to France in 1914.
The following table shows how the British arbitrary rule of the seas cut down our trade with the Scandinavian countries, all but that of Norway, whose neutrality was largely in favor of England. The figures are for the nine months ending March.
| 1915 | 1916 | |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark, exports and imports | $63,103,962 | $44,046,752 |
| Netherlands, exports and imports | 101,892,382 | 72,469,008 |
| Norway, exports and imports | 32,401,556 | 37,259,135 |
| Sweden, exports and imports | 65,880,749 | 43,156,027 |
Under the Espionage Act—A Chapter of Persecution.
Under the Espionage Act—A Chapter of Persecution.—The sudden decision of our government to enter the European war, on April 6, 1917, found the German element wholly unprepared for the outburst of bitter hate which in the course of a few weeks threatened to overwhelm every standard of sense and justice. Though a minority element, it approximated closely the dominant Anglo-American element; it far outnumbered every other racial element, and it was not conscious of anything that justified its being relegated to a class apart from the American people as a whole.