The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-21
cubNCE FOR CLASH IN CRETE.
COUNTRY MIGHT RESIST
SEARCH OF ITS SHIPS.

oricou Flag Would BE an Act of
= Against the United States-A
p,r Howl Raised over the Court
o;sion Knocking Out Turf Bet
ting.
convripbt 1891 by the Sun Printing and
Publishing Association.
..usor March 2O.-Why should not the
.,..rrrnent of the United States refuse
.ooonize the blockade of Crete? The
ms of the official notice of the block
IA which was issued by the British gov
srn,oeot in London to-day, are direct
roIatlon of the law Of nations. The no
,i,e directs: 'sThe ships of the six pow
arc or neutral powers, may enter into
,ho norts occupied by the powers and land
,bor merchandise, but only if it is not
FIR the Greek troops on the island. These
sbios may be visited by other ships of
the International fleets"
II any ship or officer of the blockading
Aeel undertakes to enforce these regula-
tons against a vessel carrying the Amer
,can flag. it will be an act of war against
tbe United States. There can be little
doubt about the correctness of this view.
Sir Walter Philimore, who is a strong au-
thority upon international law, thus puts
the case of rights even of British clti-
zens: "One should know whether the
government has consulted its legal adVis-
ers as to certain eventualities, which are
nor unlikely to follow upon this so-called
blockade of Crete. Supposing that a Brit
ish ship seeing a chance of doing a good
trade in provisions, sails for port in
Crete She will be perfectly in her legal
rights, and it will be illegal to stop her.
We are not at war with Greece or Crete,
so it will not be a case of trading with
an enemy and nothing short of an act
Of parliament can take away the right of
any British subject to go to or trade with
Crete. Suppose this ship was stopped and
turned back. There will be an irresisti-
bic claim for damages at the suit of the
sufferers against the captain Of the Brit
isn man-of-war. Suppose a frigate had
sunk her. The damages would be greater.
Suppose one of her crew is drowned. I
see no defense to an indictment for S1Ilr-
der.
The rights of an American vessel would
Of course be stronger. Secretary Sherman
Will receive to-day from Mr.. Pauncefote.
or through the American embassy here. a
formal notice of the blockade from Lord
Salisbury. Every American in London is
ANXIOUS to know what his answer viii be
It is net only a splendid opportunity to
make use OF the tremendous moral in
nuence, which a declaration of the Ameri-
can view OF the eastern policy of the great
powers will carry, but it is of genuine
practical importance as we'll
1t is the avowed purpose of the six
powers to starve out the Greek troops in
Cfete No account is made of the Incl
Gehtal starvation of the native population.
4nefe IS food enough now in the interior
oI tne island to last several weeks. 1t is
euurely within the rights of the people of
ne" York for instance, to send a cargo
u supplies to the beleaguered inhabitants.
IS .he administration at Washington
READY to enforce that right?"
A subject which has disturbed a 1aree
class Of Englishmen this week much
more than the crisis in the east, is a de-
s'siyu OF the full court of the queen s
Dench 70 the effect that a betting ring
a' race track is "a place" within the
meaning Of the anti-gamblng law of 1S53
4A4S Is really a serious matter comma red
WIN Whlch such trifies as the blockade of
CCIeIe or the impending war between
uieSce ana turkey, are not to be consid-
iae5 l NedrIy all the newspapers of Eng
decision
e 1e appeal court, or rather the law on
which it is made 1t means a death blow
" 'urI betting in England, and as this is
OHe oI the most sacred Institutions of this
~ tne great popular uprising of the
Pasl rev days Is by no means surprising.
~ ~ must be admitted that the court had no
eHoice IN the matter. Its decision was
pronounced by Sir Henry Hawkins. who
ctI u 'he ieadlng spirits of the jockey
S'uo ana VINO is often described as the
,SLI Sp9i itlhg judge 1t would have been abb
surd, as he himself reluctantIv decla red
HoHl the bench, to rule that a betting en-
S'. SSosure at race track was mot place"
o ou' England is speaking almost as with
one voice IN the matter.
me ran Mall Gazette, in a patriotic
soui-stlrrlng leader on the subject. points
oul the dreadful consequences of the
suIO action. "Bookmakers and their
H''H.s' IL says, "are to be deprived of
s @ sudrahtees implied by deposits ana
- t-oeGHAuo)WWledgements and are to be reduced
Nor s,,lHs on the nod, with all its tempta-
IN 70 reputation and evasion of set
"g'Aehl' IL is the old story of legislat ton
rruelnipung and signally failing to regulat te
S9ioilly' The law, as declared by the
80 s-.alOh' Is downright nonsense, It must
u. course be amended"
sr.re t..re ls no doubt about the public re-
,Ipgnse ,aS,1.e 10 this appeal. England NAV be
s1.5 .eHl TO the slaughter Of few thou
CLaIi AImenians or to the sheltering OF
gIt'9liahs nuns by British ships. blt a
fs aHce sucn as this Last must and will
,o "lped out The storm Of public nro-
ssst sS is SO great that It has frightened tbe
,I1n1t-saambling League, which was The
ia,,'ii cie.an ~ the case which caused the de-
ayog. us secretary has FASTENED to
m, inc lne threatened doom Of himself and
cs,ls. r., associates by writing TO the Pall Mail
ante e1It,' that the editor "ls
- mistaken in Rupposinr
81 any legal or leglsla five
49, vi ours has ever been TO Aweep awav
m ftS dlogether. All we ever dreamed
I'M, vi puhg was the suppression of bet
M w trade, to which nine-tenths of
Tt~Ha sHa OF betting are traceable"
MAJ. ls little doubt that some amend
Fr-11 vi the act Of 1853 which viii enc bIa
n llshmen once more 10 hot on tbo
The ios, w!hout running the risk OF the
s5oejii,, iepudlaung his losses, Will be
lsr, nv introduced IN parliament. PER-
n6n, ~ VIII be allowed to pass by unanl-
F. N co,,. very mean men have got 10 work
4 cor, 111iecllon with Queen Vlctoria,s forth
H Bo,. so-called diamond Jubilee ana
ba d Iie having a very good time. degpite
hav La,.u""c-dtlons OF people who think
Tbe 49, monopoly OF all the virtues.
i en-. ~ t'.Ia on this occasion are the own
trs House property IA the poorer ouar-
fon @DHs the route OF the roval proces-
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