Embargo Act Is No Aid To Us, Holcombe Says

"Our unnatural Neutrality Act given the Germans, in practice, a great advantage" over the Allies, while it does not affect this country's chances of staying out of the war, Arthur N. Holcombe '06, professor of Government, said in an address at a meeting of the Harvard Student Union in the Union last night at which Dean Hanford presided.

Admitting that it is impossible for the United States to be absolutely neutral in the war, Professor Holcombe said that the country would have to decide on which side to throw its influence.

Another speaker at the meeting, Rupert Emerson, associate professor of Government, spoke of Russia's great position, formerly held by Britain, in holding the balance of power in Europe.