Show S REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE NO r t englishmen DECLARE THAT THA THE contention CONTENTI OM OF THE U G 18 unsustainable changed canditto s z 0 f warfare the note Coil contends tends requires a new 1 application cf of the principle principles of international law washington great lulas redo replies plies to the latest Amer american ICAri represent against interfere interference ace with neu reject ent entirely bely tho the contention that the orders in council are illegal and justify thes british course na as being betas wholly within international jaw law I 1 Unius unsustainable tatna ble either in point of law off or idon principle principles of 1 l blaw lambricht equity 1 Is ile british reply american protest against the block ado ol 01 neutral porta ports with ap ar invie a tion to submit ito international Inter natto al ar 14 thallon tra alon any cases la in which haq lie halted states ie Js dissatisfied with the action of british prize courts s great reply ehod embodied led in t two notes ono one supplemental was made public here and la 13 london simultaneously on august S by agree meat mg nt between te two governments wit fh tb notes motes wag was raade made public also r oyer the arneri cane teamer neches seized by tho the british while en route from dam dara to the united states with goods of german origin rl gln all abe correspond en ence ce aggregates words changed conditions of at warfare the 00 british note contends require a new application oc ot the principles of inter national law the advent ot of the sub sul tr anrine the airship and the alleged 1 atrocities by br formaa troops la n del bel slum are cited as an justification tor for the exercise of extreme measures tho the Is the contention that the universally recognized funda in principle of a blockade Is th that at a ils entitled 0 o cut off of I 1 by t effective means the seaborne sea borne cc coin M merce of the enemy e the note 1 reiterates thai that areat carea britain brite will co continue n dinue to apply the or ordera iders t f complained of although not without wery effort to avoid embarras embarrassment S went f to neutrals and observes that the american statistic statistics show the that any loss in trade with germany and austria thi has been more than overbalanced by the increase of t other industrial a ti duo to the war in the general reply to the amerl ameri C a an a against the orders ln in council dir 31 edward grey the foreign minister addressing ambassador page begins by expressing the hope that he may be able to convince the alon at washington that the measures we have announced are not only reasonable and necessary in themselves but tut constitute un more than an adaptation of the old prin aple caples of at blockade to the peculiar cir with which we are confronted 1 I need scarcely dwell wrote sir edward dward on an tho the obligations incumbent upon the allies to take every step in their power to overcome their common enemy in view ot at the shocking violations ot of the recognized rules and principles of civilized warfare of he has been guilty during the present struggle sir F dward then refers to atrocities in belgium poisoning of wells in german southwest africa use of poisonous eases gases against the allied troops in flanders and finally the sinking or of the lusitania Luel Lusi tania tanta to tco show how ir indispensable dispensable j it Is that we should leave unused no justifiable method of defending ourse hes 1 |