The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-13
PRlVATEERING REVIVED
By GERMANY is CHARGE
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now frcel: declavc ourselves no longer
bound b: The fragment OF il that Ger
many has loft.
Even were the dcciaration-ns it is
not--a duly authorized treaty. VIC
should still bc justified I'm rcpudatin;,
it. For Germany has forcibIy broken
the European treaty OF 1899, whereby
she herself guaranteed the irdcpen-
dcnce and neutrality Of Belgium: she
has violated The Hague Convention No.
>. ratified by herself III 1907. whereby
she undcrtook not t. move across ter
ritory of :, neutral power troops or
conveys whether Of munitions or sup
plies: She has grossly violated The
Hague Convention NJ. S. by sowing
across tue sea roadway at those head
lands which must dc passed by neutrals
as we'll as our own ships floating mines
which. instead Of being as the conven-
ton requires, 50 constructed as to be-
come harmless ono hour 1T most after
the person who iaid them has ceased
To control them. do not become harm
less certainly Tor inLnN days.
Are we to sec III treaties and All
international laws demolished by Ger
many. and We. without iitt!n. Il hgmd.
stoned with thslr ruins? Are w'c tame
~ to see ou! seas soWn wiki mines?
IRitfSISFIBLE POWER
SHOULD BE ASSEtrED
Are we to Sit still until our soil is
Invaded. our country devastated. our
cities and our honestcaus given 20 the
torch. and our fellow subjects either
slot down OF forced To do the cnemy's
work on our own roads. while we, for
soosh. remain Will our hands ted.
Without asserting our irresistible
power ON the seas: Are we to make
war as though it were, peace?
Some, indeed, fear G.at were we to
resume cur lish' 10 capture enemy
goods under the neutral flag, we might
Offend the Neutral powers. Thu; Ger
ta!n!y could 40; be true OF tie United
Stateh--now the chief OF them. For the
United states have never yet acceded
10 the Declaration o: Paris: they have
always maintained Tie right to capture
ene;ay goods in neutral ships. and all
their courts have invariably affirmed
that right. The therefore would be
the very last power TO question the en-
ercise or the right, or to object Ia
great Britain resumins now that with
which the United States have never
! parted
! Moreover. it i. to be remembered
that the exercise OF the right inficts
I no damage whatever upon the neu-
trail ship in which the enemy cargo is
captured. For 50 soon - the cap
tured property is placed IL, safety, not
only is the Neutral ship which carried
It released, out Size is also paid in full
the freight which she wouid nave
earned had she completed hc.' voyage.
: The only !iur! done is done 10 the
enein! ana that is AT imjlry w..ch
really neutral would never attempt 10
/ prevent. Fer the obligation Of the
neutral q. TO take no part II. the war.
all must feel that 20 interpose its tag
4 between the belligerents IN order 10
protect the propert" OF one belize
from capture by another would he 20
take a very effective part therein.
should the present war be pro-
longed--as seems only too liIely-our
success In IL must at least depend upon
our resumption of that right of cap
turing enemy goods wherever found.
which puts the most irresistible and
AT tho same time most mcrciful and
bloodless stress upon our enemy We
must not allow ourselves to be ie-
prived now of our power. Ely rcsuming
our RICH; OF capture and by that alone.
! ear we fully exercise it and shorten
the war"