Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-04
REJECTS ALL
PROTESTS
Of THE
j. s.
British Note, Made Public Last
Night, Declares That Allies
Must Resort to Blockade
Against the Common Enemy.
MANY AMERICAN CASES
CITED ON THE QUESTION
Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Minis
ter of Great Britain, Hopes
That an Understanding May
Come With Washington.


WASHINGTON. Aug. 3-Great Brit
aims replies to the latest American
representations against the Interior
oncc with neutral commerce reject an-
tirolv the contentious that the order
in Council is Illegal and iustify the
British course as being wholly within
tho international law. "It is unsus-
tainable either in point of law or up
pom the principle of international
equity" says The British reply 10 the
American protest against the block
ade of neutral ports. with the invita-
ton to submit TO international arbitra-
tion any cases in which the United
States is dissatisfied with the action Of
British prize courts.
Great Briiain's reply is embodied in
two notes, and one supplemental, made
public tonight With the notes there
is also the correspondence over the
American steamer Neches, seized by
the British while en- route from Rot
tor5am TO the United States- with
goods of German ORIGIN.
An the correspondence aggregate
seven thousand words The changed
conditions of warfare, the note con-
tends. require a new application of the
principles of international law The
advent of the submarine. airships and
the alleged atrocities by German
troops i'm Belgium are cited as iustI0
cation for the exercise Of extreme
measures.
The blockade is justified on the con
tenton Of the universally recognized
fundamental principle; that a belH~
erent is entitled to cut off "by enec-
tive means the sea-borne commerce of
on enemy" The reply in the Neches
case, I'm short, is a declination to AZ
low the free PASSAGE Of goods original
ing i'm Germany or territory under Ge~
man control The General cargo Ct
the Neches ORIGINATED I'm Belgium
The note reiterates that Great Brit
ain win continue TO apply the orders
complained of although not without ;u
effort to avoid embarrassment to neu
trails 1t observes that American sta
tistics show that anv loss in trade
with Germany and Austria has he"r
has been more than overbalanced by
the increase I'm other Industrial ac
tivities due 10 the war
In general the reply to the American
representation against the Ordersia
Council by Sir Edward Grey, the For
eign Minister addressing Ambassador
Page, begins by the expression OF th'
hone he may be able to convince tn,
administration I'm Washington, cha
the measures we announced are no
only reasonable and necessary b
themselves, but constitute no NOR
than adaptations of the old principle
Of blockade TO the peculiar circun
stances with which we are confront
ed
"I need scarcely dwell" wrote 81
Edward. "On the obligations incun
hent on the allies. to take every ste
i'm their power to overcome the CON
mon enemy I'm view of the shockin
violation Of recognized rules, and prir
ciples of civilized warfare of whic
he has been guilty during the presen
struggle"
Sir Edward then refers to the atroc
ties I'm Belgium the poisoning Of well
i'm German Southwest Africa, the us
Of poisonous gases against the allie
trooDs i'm Flanders and finally III
sinking Of the Lusitania, TO show no
indispensable it is that we shou
leave unused no iustitable method
Of defending ouselves"
The reference 10 the blockade
neutral ports the note refers 10 u
American Civil War blockade Of 30l
miles of coast with small number
vessels. and recalls how the Unite
States finally took recourse TO bloc
aiding "neiehbOring neutral terrific
which afforded convenient cente
from which contraband could be. intr
duced into Confederate territory
from which blockade running be fac
itated"
The note refers to the case of Il
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