The general interference with American trade of which Britain ie
accused, Mr. Bryan goes on, is not due to the fact that Britain is acting illegally, but to the fact that she alone commands the sea. The sale of arms to belligerents cannot be prevented, but there is no evidence that Dum.Dum bullets have been sold to Britain. Such are some of the principal answers Mr. Bryan makes to specific complaints. The letter has been generally well received in the United States, but a minority hold a strong opinion that the Government have acted too often in opposition to the Allies. Thus Mr. Clement Griscom, son of the founder of the International Merchant Marine, says that "the letter conclusively proves that, pro- bably owing to the clamour of German sentiment, almost every action taken has been in favour of Germany." He points out, for instance, that the protest against ships of war being outside New York and Honolulu Harbours was distinctly unfriendly to the Allies, since only the Allies were able to place ships there.
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