New Britain herald., 1915-11-08
NOTE POLITE BUT
 HARD IN SUBSTANCE
British Opinion on US. Document
 Sent to England
REGARDING ALLIED BLOCKADE
Manchester Guardian Warns Brlton Not to Forget That Cordial Frlenn- ship of Uncle Sam Will Not Be IMXury But Necessity.

Luxury But Necessity.
 Manchester, England, Nov. 8, 1o:o5 | a. m.-The American note to Great | Britain is polite but hard in substance, ] in the opinion of the Guardian, which l says: We must not let preoccupations | prevent us from trying to understand | the United States viewpoint. Although 1 we shall be unable to concede it's con- tentions much will depend upon the l spirit in which it is dealt with official ly, privately and publicly. Let none l forget that the cordial friendship of the United States will not be a luxury but necessity of British policy when the war is over.''
 Part of Germany.
 Pointing out that the rules for blockades were made before railroads were built and that lawyers and dlplo- mats always have forgotten the rall- road when revising the rules, the Guardian contends that railroads nave made Holland. Denmark and NorWa3 a part of Germnay, and that II there were no interference with the trahsi' of goods through these neutral coun- tries then Germany could not oe blockaded
 sIn effect the Guardian continues ''The American arguments, II they were accepted as they stand Wouio abolish the commercial blockade oI any continental power. Only lslahos which have no neutral side doors could be blockaded commercially. Discuss Issue After War.
 Does the United States question the right of interference with German trade imported through neutral pow CTS? If the answer is yes, then our answer must be one of resistance to view of law which would work out very unjustly to us as an island couh- try and which America did not rec | ognize when she was at war. The only ! concession we could make on princi- l pie would be to agree to discuss the 1 whole question with the United 1 States at the end of the wary when the time came to reWrite the entire law of naval capture.
 "If, on the other hand the United States does not assert this principle, then the matter between us is one rather of detail than of principle. It seems as vital now as in March that we should right ourselves in legal form by declaring a blockade of Ger many and announcing our intention to interpret that blockade on the prin- ciple of the ultimatum destination of cargo, for which there is good authori- ty in international practice"
 British Press Surprised. London, Nov. 8, 1925 D. m.-Not- withstanding the forecasts of the American note to Great Britain which I,i hxy correspondents of the British press, surprise is the predominant tone of the majority of the British newspa- pers in their comment on the docu- r,oort. The country has been too deeply wrapped up in the considera- i tion of pressing European problems during the past few weeks to SlVe much attention to American oplnlon' , and apparently it was not aware that the treatment of American shlpplng might furnish ground for a serious controversy between the two govern ments.
 "The American note upon our inter- ference with neutral trade, says me
 Pan Mall Gazette, will De reao Wi.h 1 some surprise in this country. While i +ha dutv of every power to keep vioi,ant guard over the interests or l itt own commerce will be freely recog- nized if must be felt that the United i States scarcely grapples with the i ,o,1;+ios of the situation created Tn the ! frst nlace by the fact of war, ana Tn
 the second by the criminality or Ger man practices. In some passages the 1 no+a seenos to invoke the authority of i international law as if its problems 1 could he finally settled for one bellig-
 erent without reference to the dolnes
 of the other. That is view utterly 1 inapplicable in the world of things as 1 they are.' It is impossible to ueoi
 with questions arising between the al-
 lies and the United States while ignor-
 ing the practices of Admiral Von Tirpitz and the changes in policy
 which are enforced upon ourselves
 and our friends"
 Demand Counter-Check.
 The Gazette says that the British l government has shown desire to re- duce inconvenience to neutral traoe to
 q minimum, but that it is notorious i that the methods of concealment
 which it declares have been adopted | by American shippers exhibit va i riety and ingenuity demanding the
 most thorough cOunter-check
 eff we have been driven to intro- 1 duce new precedents into international l law we are only following in the foot l steps of the footsteps of the Amerl-
 can government in far less drastic ] fashion than the records of the CIVIL
 war display. It contends that the
 spirit of international law is superior
 to the letter. "To that spirit" it as-
 serts, we have adhered with the
 closest fidelity and with generosity
 to which some fuller recognition from
 leading neutral powers would not
 (Continued on Tenth Pasc) /.