The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-08
CIVIL WAR ACTS JUSTIFY
BRITISH, is LONDON VIEW
Daily Mall Says u. S. Court Decisions Fur
nshed Precedents for Steps Taken in
Blockade ..-Other Comments

shattcr lh- enemy = ruouomIr roNdl-
tipus the United States r.it-rat"s the
demand ,nat our navy should relax its
mold For this IN effect. is tn" late-t
American note
In ana editorial palagraph with re-
gard 20 = letter which appeared recently
IN a New York newspaper signed 'iiar-
ward Man" in which u machinist wh"
makes shells for tn" Allies connects his
wurk with the destruction Of "'hc as-
sassiJS Of Miss tHvcll.' the Erpr. IS
says
I'VE KNOW that this American ma
chiu.st speaks for tn" great majority
Of his fellow ,itizeu~. We carnot furgec
this knowledge while We read the not"
of the United states Government Just
addressed to Great Britain
"Thrrr have been other notes "c'a-
stoned by premedtated murder ot
Womcn and children. many Of them
Americans These notes, We rem.mur.
wcr" invariably polite and unrestraiued
We make no comparisons, but prefer to-
think of that sturdy mechanic across
the Atlantic. working with all his might
that justice may pe done t. tho IN
famous asSissiuS
Diplomatic niNicuIties ENpert-d.
The Daily Chronicle says:
The argumeutatjVc value OF most o.
the points made does not strike us rs
high. Ns to the b!ockade' itself there
is nothing really new 10 be- said Il rr-
mains true that unless GERMANY can be-
hlockaded through neutral ports 81" can
not lee bloCliaded at all II Is nl'oS-
sible TO expect this country to accept %
rule which viii allow her To hlockad" us
dnd prevent W. from hlockahing hrr
The purport Of the whole note j. mot,
a.
hut to tell us firmly one might alu"s'
sag harshly, that III, United Stt''s
does not accept our main contentious,
does not acqulcscc In our polio" ana " M
continue to press strong protests upon
US.
at points to the continuarC" Of djpl"-
matte dit'icultirs hctwcrn WASHINGTON
and London. ditculties Which We would
say frankly cannot possibly l." dlmIn-
ished without serious modification
OF the American attitude. With al,
American Presidential election looming
ahead. such modihratious IN Difference
to reason and argument VIII toe UU-
usually hard for Washington to make,
and that is perhaps thu least hopeful
element in the affalr.'
The DdiiV T'I'Drdph nnds tho note ",I
disappointing document
I'VE recognize at once, it says, "thu
the United states Government has uu
quarrel with VI like that which divides
ii from Rrrlin and tine German Foreigu
Office In the latter case the argument
turns on moral principles, In our caS'
the controversy Is purely on legal poiuts,
points whi"h may be- and have been inter.
pr.trd somewhat differently according
10 the cxigencics of different military
situations
Finds the Note "Dis"ppoi",i"I.'
Nevertheless We iind the note di~
! appointing. moi merely because il OPP
poses our contentious in nearly rNrr'
| particular, but because, as II seems ''
us, II betrayS "A certain lack Of iua- .'
| nation as to Ihe position In which
We stand toward our allies. Great Brit
ain IN issuing certain orders In couu-
! ell and enforcing the necessity Of a
! closer naval grip is not speaking solely
! for herself. She has a duty t"whrd
/ those united with her in u common 'aul-
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