Connecticut western news., 1915-11-11
U. s. SERVES NOTICE
 ON GREAT BRITAIN
Refuses to R3CCgGIz9 Block ade of Austria and Germany.

am on British practices interfering with American trade is made public. In it the United States serves notice on Great Britain:
 First.-That it does not recognize as le gal and effective the British blockade of Germany aud Austria Hungary.
 Second.-That it cannot submit to the curtailment of its neutral rights by meas ures which are admittedly retaliatory and therefore illegal"
 Third.-That it must insist that the re lations between it and the British gov ernment be governed not by policy of eXpediency, but by established rules oi international law.
 Fourth.-That it unhesitatingly assumes the task of championing the integrity oi neutral rights and will devote it's energies to that end.
 The note as q whole is a vigorous denunciation of the British govern ment for the illegality of its measures in regard to neutral shipping With out justification" ineffective" lille gal,,'' "indefensible'' and ''in violation of the law of nations" are some of this governments characteristics of the British practices.
 No Hint at Drastic Action.
 Contrasted with the notes to Ger many in the submarine controversy the communication to Great Britain. however, contains no phrases such as "strict accountability" twill omit no word or act'' and similar expressions used by the president in pressing his demands on Berlin.
 The note is devoid of implications. such as were contained in the German notes, of drastic action by the United States in the event that the grounds of complaint are not removed.
 The note to Great Britain, as viewed in Washington, still shows this govern ment at a loss for means with which to bring upon England any stronger pressure than that of diplomatic repre- sentatiOnS.
 In this note the United States accepts even more frankly than in the contro versy with Germany the role of cham piOn of neutral rights in the present war. Secretary Lansing says:
 It is of the highest importance to neu trals not only of the present day, but of the future, that the principles of Interna. tional right be maintained unfmpaired. This task of c1ampioning the integrity of neutral rights which have received the. sanction of the civilized world against the lawless conduct of belligerents arising out of the great conflict which is now wasting the countries of Europe the United States unhesitatingly assumes, and to the accom- plishment of that task it will devote its energies, exercising always that impartial ity which from the outbreak of the war if has sought to exercise in it's relations with the warning nations.
 Insists on Change In Policy.
 The British governmsStis is summoned to obedience of international law in the following sentence. regarded as the strongest in the entire note:
 The government of the United States. therefore, desires to impress most earnest ly upon his majesty's government that it must insist that the relations between if and his maiesty's government be governed not by policy of expediency, but by those established rules of international conduct upon which Great Britain in the past has held the United States to account when the latter nation was a belligerent en gagged in a struggle for national existence.
 The note contains more than 10.0Oo words. It includes. among other eXhib its, long list of neutral ships which have been illegally interfered with 5y the British. This list, with the details in each case, constitutes in effect the indictment against Great Britain on which the note proper is based.
 The note groups the causes for pro test by the United States under three heads. as follows:
 First.-The seizure and detention of yes sels on the high seas on mere suspicion.
 Second.-The so called blockade policy.
 Third.-The unsatisfactory and unaccept able character of the regulations govern ing and the procedure of British prize courts
 The American protest on these three grounds of complaint is summarized by MT. Lansing in the note as follows:
 I believe it has been conclusively shown that the methods sought to be employed by Great Britain to obtain and use evil dence of enemy destination of cargoes bound for neutral ports and to impose a contraband character upon such cargoes are without justification, that the block ade, upon which such methods are partly founded, is ineffective, illegal and inde fensible; that the judicial procedure of fered as means of reparation for an in ternational injury is inherently defective for the purpose and that in many cases jurisdiction is asserted in violation of the law of nations.
 Cannot Submit to Loss of Rights.
 The note adds the additional warn ing that the United States cannot sub init to the curtailment or its neutral rights Jy these measures" The note contends that the British prize courts acquire jurisdiction over neutral vessels by unlawful means. | With reference to the British claim that the United States took a similar position in the civil war and referred foreign claimants to prize courts fOl redress, the United States note de clares that Great Britain is mistaken
 Finally the note asserts that Grea, Britain herself has admitted increased exports to Scandinavian countries which are free to trade with Germany and adds that certainly blockade can not be considered effective if belligpr ents themselves are trading with tn supposedly blockaded country.