Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-29
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y sssafZt e in~ % = tgo 9s&a SfHf'sg ei,im cs oeen I bs eo"ssde by n a onu'"en
I'D y'Hso adt Q thGhgan7 opies of military necessity which invoked
t6'5asay eheiEahntathf1 vi Belgian neutrality. But the rules OF inter
nhtaoNapr aN governing Observation-Disclosures on land or on sea-have been
adopted srht hsnnsrsdpurpose of checking the excesses which tins plea
srrss~1o~1rsnfy-~4hc considerations of humanity which led to the rule
eouri q ~ ;Hsnrn to secure the safety of those OF board a prize
like those foBdHng the Dombardment of mfOrtfHed towns, ete:-are
1lUOD 9f1l9' new method or instrument pnsa :. Of att attack TX a; ;n AGAINST tn
With changed conditions, but the principles underlying those rules ae
fmmatable. A new method of accomplishing n illegal purpose is as
ln2 naWw ~ as IN old one. If the new weapon canno be used to accom
pfRSRHa lawful purpose, it cannot be used att all. In n event cal 1t law
fNay be used to effect al object forbidden by the laws OF war.
But. Germany replies, you have not stated the question fairly. We
HNnt deny your right to sail the seas in safety. What W re contend is
+Bpt, you are not entitled by sailing in an enemy ship to deprive us of onr
9dpited right to destroy her. By S doing you ar shielding TIT enemy
fypm, our just and lawful warning, you deliberately entrust your safety to
such aysssel, you have n o just ground of complaint if we forget nat
SeH2 aasr neutrals and exercise or right OF eSrucaon wlthou regard
ueryep, ,Ehe question, therefore. narrows down to this; Has Germany
the right, az n incident of her warHke operations to interfere with tn
apeedoh1oY action of neutrals, by requiring them, as a condition OF
SAFETY tnnunpidy vessels sailing under a friendly fagf
.t1DoThe Obviods answer is that, under recognized principles of inter
naRonanaN ihSthigttent has n 0 such right and nat the Amer1can
citizens of other neutral statesw who sailed o n the Lustania we're justified
vl dgs a4psoadt gitbrhad answer does not satisfy Germany or wholly
&Ht 1he 7eeqmahn@e 'fhtee 1fecognhed principles of international law,
ssdS aasnsd q to be '6at@oqn 'a6a rendered obsolete by the submarines and
3tAhsmnassi sssse Ey,s sesait Ems Of submarine warfare. Aseodlngly' she lays
state s's shaal, not be ;permitSd, by taking passage in al enemy vessel, to
ps 3 dfhs aesSe Jdr qg 1Jbe chances of naval warfare
Bird Gernapy, cannot at nhAf W instance alter to thu detnment of others
the .russ ,ol international jaw, the common law of the family of nations.
For powell heMexer- great to arragote to herself the right to aner
Observation-Disclosures the civilized world-a pretention which no
hesaae spa4 ling nata5r could for a moment tolerate.
= Ib FlfoH6ws s." theh,fhe series OF atdckS winch NeiWdhy Has IeCehly
TumHh4tdT OR IfhatfRan and other neutral citizens, eliminating in the
aGst2a9H9n l6eqRe Rashana with her passengers, has been properly e.
agaaHlSSanb BY aA mtehicafTF IS an indefensibie outrage equally repugnant to
imntEer1 a}iun law and to the principles of humanity and decency. Bat,
as sysns. haf Shared themselves, the question is not OF the past but
OF the future. What principles are to govern maritime warfare o
this time on? Obviously that is a question which the government OF
the UpiAAdaoStN4s TStia9 alone can M more decide authortatvely thn
yah AeeqnnMnnGs1Y thenfamily OF nations acting IN concert a deter
ninn;tnsimlest;on sepdo it.wou1d seem that n o i'm should be los IN
1Sccsma,pna dxhbtJasye exhaustion of the views of all the nations concern
aHTin .ksn&eu raManons1Gfos this purpose a n immediate conference OF
1Nl Ndkei J&%1R bG NorrSdRdd, at the call of the president in Washing
jbu29sj7tsf en- ohAAig retN 4tehested to suspend in the meantime all
xfnuo aht |, b1U22gp dH{R Are in violation Of existing international
,,av We must not go to wara6ver a point of law; neither must we,