American Diplomacy in the European WarGinn, 1916 - 1 páginas |
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Página 502 - The orders issued by His Majesty the Emperor to the commanders of the German submarines — of which I notified you on a previous occasion — have been made so stringent that the recurrence of incidents similar to the Arabic case is considered out of the question.
Página 497 - The events of the past two months have clearly indicated that it is possible and practicable to conduct such submarine operations as have characterized the activity of the Imperial German Navy within the so-called war zone in substantial accord with the accepted practices of regulated warfare.
Página 506 - This Government has already taken occasion to inform the Imperial German Government that it cannot admit the adoption of such measures or such a warning of danger to operate as in any degree an abbreviation of the rights of American shipmasters or of American citizens bound on lawful errands as passengers on merchant ships of belligerent nationality...
Página 496 - ... the use of submarines for the destruction of an enemy's commerce, is, of necessity, because of the very character of the vessels employed and the very methods of attack which their employment of course involves, utterly incompatible with the principles of humanity, the longestablished and incontrovertible rights of neutrals, and the sacred immunities of noncombatants.
Página 502 - ... justify, or excuse a practice, the natural and necessary effect of which is to subject neutral nations and neutral persons to new and immeasurable risks.
Página 500 - I should add that my Government is impressed with the reasonableness of the argument that a merchant vessel carrying an armament of any sort, in view of the character of submarine warfare and the defensive weakness of undersea craft, should be held to be an auxiliary cruiser and so treated by a neutral as well as by a belligerent Government, and is seriously considering instructing its officials accordingly.
Página 516 - ... of military supplies to belligerent countries and award damages if these contracts are not performed.1 If a general prohibition of the sale of munitions of war to belligerents would promote peace, such sales should of course be prohibited. Until war is abolished, however, such a general prohibition would place unprepared nations, particularly those whose manufacturing industries are little developed, at the mercy of well-prepared nations, and particularly of those nations that have developed...
Página 500 - If a submarine is required to stop and search a merchant vessel on the high seas and, in case it is found that she is of enemy character and that conditions necessitate her destruction, to remove to a place of safety...
Página 497 - ... since those instruments of war have proved their effectiveness in this practical branch of warfare on the high seas. In order to bring submarine warfare within the general rules of international law and the principles of humanity without destroying their efficiency in their destruction of commerce, I believe that a formula may be found which, though it may require slight modification of the precedent...
Página 494 - ... innocent. Germany did want peace with Great Britain and was attacked by her, but Britain's ground was unimpeachable: the violation of Belgian neutrality. Naturally enough. Professor Smith was in favor of the British blockade. Thus he defended it in the Political Science Quarterly for December, 1916: "It has seemed sufficient to file our protests as a basis for subsequent claims. After the war the British government may concede that its measures were irregular; and the rules of international law...