Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-08-04
# America Does Not Like De-
ciSionS of Prize Courts Ar
bitration Is Suggested as
Only Remaining Remedy
CHANGED CONDITIONS
EXCUSE FOR POLICY
Blockade of Neutral Ports Be-
Iieyed Essential to PreServa-
ton Of Nation, Declares Sir
Edward Grey,

lsy neanina JouENAL SPECIAL LEASED wiREl
Washington, Aug 3.-Great Brit
aims replies to the latest American
representations against Interference
with neutral commerce reject entire
N the contention that the orders In
council are illegal and justify the
British course as being wholly with
n International law.
"Unsustainable either In point of
law or upon principles Of information
al equity is the British reply 10 the
American protest AGAINST the block
ade OF neutral ports. with an invita-
ton to submit to international arbi-
tration amy cases i'm which the Unit
ed states is dissatisfied with the ac-
ton of British prize courts.
Great Britains reply embodied in
two notes, one supplemental, was
made public here tonight and i'm Lon
don simultaneously by agreement be-
tween the two governments with
the notes was made public also the
correspondence over the American
steamer Neches seized by the British
while en- route from Rotterdam to
the United States with goods of Ger
man Orieiu. All the correspondence
aggresates seven thousand words.
Changed Conditions.
Changed conditions of warfare, the
British note contends, require a new
application of the principles OF inter-
national law. The advent Of the
submarine. the airship and the all
legged atrocities by German troops in
Belgium. are cited as justification for
the exercise Of extreme measures. The
blockade is Justified on the cor en-
uou that the universally recognized
fundamental principles of blockade
is that "a heGgereut lis entitled 10 cut
off .bv effective means the sea- borne
commerce of his enemy
The note reiterates that Great Brit
ain will continue TO apply the orders
complained of. although not without
every effort to avoid embarrassment
10 neurals. ana observes that the
American statistics show that any
loss i'm trade with Germany and Aus
trIa has been more than over ball
anced by the increase of other indus
trial activities due to the war.
Measures ReasonabIc
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ders I'm oonnnii Sir t,d,yard Crev fhe
foreien minister addressing Ambas-
ador Page. begins bv expressing the
hope that ne may he able to con-
vince the administration I'm Washing
ton that the measures we have an
nounced are not only reasonable and
necessary IN themselves but constitute
no more than an adaptation of the
old principles of blockade to the pc
culiar circumstances with which we
are confronted "
II need scarcely dwell" wrote Sir
Edward grey ON the obligauons in
clmhenl npon the allies to- take every
step in their mower to overcome their
common enemy i'm view of the shock
ing violation of the recognized rules
ana principles of civilized warfare of
which me has been guilty during the
present struggle
Sir Edward then refers to atroci-
ties i'm Berlin pnisoning of wells in
German south 4 Afrina use of poison
Gus gases against the allied troops in
Flanders ana finally the sinking of
the Tusitanis to show "how indispen-
sibe II Is that we should leave unus-
ed mo- instifiahta ,,otbod of defendinp
ourselves
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