The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-07
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UOI GuQLle0 10 take up q matter, n
which Is connected with the preser-
vation or the application Of . right Of
q neutral power. this is evidently due
to the tact that the Washington cab
met has possibly given 9 too restrict
ed Interpretation to the last para
graph referred TO when 1t understood
It 20 apply only to strictly private
rights, the preservation Of which the
imperial and royal government nat
urally holds to be matter that con-
Germs the neutral power only. AS is
shown by theIreport submitted by the
irelch delegate, NJ. Renault, to the
full sitting OF the Hague conference
concerning the thirteenth convention
tDeuxieme Conf. Intern. de la PAX,
actes ct doc. tome !, p. 1926. the said
paragraph aims at the preservation Of
the neutrality; o belligerent can there
fore not be denied the right to ap-i
preach a neutral country and to In
woke the clause referred to when the
question of the preservation Of the
rights OF neutral power has bear
ing on the rights of that belligerent.
The imperial and royal government
has followed with great interest the
arguments OF the federal government
setting forth The reasons which, in the \
opinion Of the Washington cabinet,
make 1t imossible to restrict during
che present war the expectation Of
munid tons. The imperial and royal
government nevertheless still hopes
that the federal government will agree
that the reasons given, which have q
purely practical character can in mol
way influence the legal aspect Of the
question; while expressing this hope II
we do not venture to investigate
whether the very fact that the man
ufacture Of war materials in the Unit
cd States could develop to such exc
dimensions does not rath-
or lead to the conclusion that the
United States, disposing as they do mi
an unlimited way Of all the essential
conditions for manufacturing munI-
tons, such as labor, natural prod
ucts and financial capital, would be
reduced to procure war material from
abroad in the event Of a war which
would naturally stimulate the energy
Of Its citizens.
The imperial and royal government
begs leave to make the following re-
marks: r..
Boer War Cited.
Among the precedents invoked BY
the Washington government, which,
as has already been mentioned, cam
not be accepted as such, the federal
government lays stress on the con-
ditions existing at the time Of the Boer
war, during which one Of the bellis-
erents was cut of from international
trade in way similar to that created
during the present war. Such an anal
ogy cannot possibly be detected, be-
cause Great Britain did not then de-
cree a stoppage Of trade comparable
with the unlawful measures now tak-
en- by the London cabinet; the pres
vention Of the supply Of arms and
ammunition referred to by the federal
government does certainly not amount
to a commercial isolation.
4 Besides, the expectation Of muni-
lions OF war, from Austria-HungaryE
during the Boer war, Just as during
other wars, whenever such an expor-
tation took place, never exceeded the
limits of permissibility.
The federal government undoubtedly
ly will have learned that Herr Ein1ckei
has publicly protested against the In
depreciation Of one sentence taken
from his treatise on neutrality in nav
al warfare for the purpose Of justify
ing the duty Of the Washington gov
eminent; this invalidates the. refer
ence made by the Washington cabinet
to German jurists and the conclusions
deducted therefrom. Furthermore, the |
imperial and royal government natur-
ally holds that a neutral government
cannot issue an embargo with the in
tention Of ieopardizing the interests Of
one Of the belligerents. Just as nat
,urally an embargo issued by the gov
eminent for the purpose Of protect
ing its neutrality could never be de-
.scribed las measure taken with the
intent Of injuring one Of the belliger-
ents.
Finally, the remarks Of the federal
government concerning the. victualing
of men-of-war are apparently based
upon misunderstanding.
The reference made by the imperial
and royal government to the prohi-
Ibition Of supplying men-of-war, and
to the prohibition of making certain
supplies to men-of-war, was not aimed
lat a concrete case; 1t was simply In
tended to quote the prohibitions en-
bodied in articles s, 10 and 20 Of the