Diplomatic Correspondence With Belligerent Governments Relating To Neutral Rights And Commerce PDF Download

Excerpt from Department of State: Diplomatic Correspondence With Belligerent Governments Relating to Neutral Rights and Commerce When the American people are asked for a definite Opinion on some great question, they cannot offer it to advantage without seeing the record before them. Having neither time nor inclination to search through newspaper files or government reports, they may let hear say, impulse or emotion, under the spell of headline and editorial, take the place of reason in shaping their judgment. In order, there fore, to estimate calmly the situation created by the naval warfare in its bearing upon this country, the course of events since its outbreak ought to be studied carefully in the light of the documents that set them forth. Apart from the Declaration of London, most of the papers here assembled have been taken from Diplomatic Correspondence with Belligerent Governments relating to Neutral Rights and Commerce, published by the Department of State, May 27, 1915; the remainder not so published, from newspaper print. They serve to illustrate the more important acts and policies of the two great antagonists alone. Men soon recognized that Britannia and Germania were the queens, and their respective allies only the minor pieces, in the war game of the world. What these nations have done, and what they purpose to do, are the determining factors; their partners are useful to make some of the moves. From an examination of the record two primary facts are clear: first, that under the plea of military necessity both Great Britain and Germany have committed violations of international law, and have injured neutral rights accordingly; second, that the United States has protested against these violations, directly on its own behalf and indirectly on behalf of other neutrals. To Great Britain the exclu sion from Germany of food and raw materials hitherto not regarded as contraband under the law of nations, and the denial of any com mercial privileges whatever on the ocean, are matters apparently vital. To Germany the exclusion from Great Britain of munitions of war, and the destruction of its oversea trade, are matters no less vital. To the United States the preservation of neutral rights in the face of these belligerent claims is a matter just as vital. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.