TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-01-12

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war dancer ana 4 stonp;ne af world
wars.
There a. M lovht that N. .truoc:e
commenced becsos~ seyyis found her.
self derived d !. outlet "a The Adri.
attic sea. in consequence Of the jealousy
Of The Mediterranean povers. The
eause of servis vas t.ksn mn bv the
Eusxian empire which 4 flsbtIne now,
a. for a hundred Years for an outlet
from tI,e Blser .ea She q fighting
GERMANY D<causs Of the Russian feel.
inc that the wav 10 coustautinople
W. ax.r re,,;n. fe.,;no that seems
perhap. ,u.t,fied bv the fact that Tur-
tsv hs. noe ;oinsd sh. dual alliance.
The Japanese. bv occupying all the
Islands formerly IN the possession OF
Germany In the Pacific. want to
strenethen their hold on tho.e waters
and bring them under the command Of
the japanese fleet.
The English have time and again de.
elared that their dominion Of the chan
mel ana the North ses .depended upon
a neutral Belgium; that Britannia must
rule the waves ma n matter OF safety
for the emp;re Germany has for years
back had 70 prepare a navy OF lis own
In order 10 protcet its rapidly growing
oyersea trade in case Of an emergency
lust az has now arisen. The British
have ehssed ali German merehant YES.
sels from The hich seas. and British
Statesmen have repeatedly declared that
the German navy mnst be utterly de-.
styoyed.
AMERICA INVOLVED by BRITISH
ACTION.
Eyen tle United States which has
no mart n The Europenu struggle. has
had 10 take IN that same fight with
England because Of the violation OF its
own doctr;n.s regarding contraband.
the stoppiny of ships the search.
ing az carSoes. the eompulsory pur.
chase al saonlle. needed by England
and tie delayIne Of innocent American
sb,,n,,g
1 cannot but consider hi. whole ait
,,a,lan a most anomalou. one
III. Br;ti.b doetrlpe /, that England
,nu.1 dominate an IN. blah seas and
her naliey hss becn "a fortifv thosa
b,gh seas by NJ least sixty naval sta.
t;ons all around th;s continent ana
around The whole world. That doctrine
i.ads further al necessity 10 the claim
tl,at IN. British smpire begins At the
three mile limit Of other territory-a
claim that has no foundation either in
the Law Of nations In . higher sen.e
oy IN the feeling Of IN. civilized world
1be sea il free 10 all. II belongs 10
no nation IN particular. neither 20 the
gritIsh. nor TO the Germans. nor 10 The
The r;shts Of IN. eontl.
caous nations eease With this territorial
lin. Of thre. miles from low tide. Any
domination exercised t.eyopd that lise
is a breach and Infringement on Che
rights Of the Others. Tho sea is the
common property of ALI the world. and
the patroIline Of the sea BY any one
force Il a breach and violation Of that
right.
The evidence Is now conclusive that
heretofore and for a considerable time
back all mercantile shipping has bcrn
done under British permission and tol.
GRANGE and that Great Britain could
stop il at any time she chose. She
has done so now. not only In making
war on her adyersaries. but in taking
action TO the very great detriment and
dislocstiou OF the trade OF neutrals.
But the sea is not only In law a free
territory and the common property OF
all the nations. but il is also the vital
instrument Tor human activity in com.
nerce and trade, the lungs from which
this activity draws its nourishing and
breath, and the arbitrary
closing and locking up Of those lnnga
can at any time destroy the whole
body.
rHE HIGH SEAS MUST BE AFREED.