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Show TIIK EVELYN CASE. "'a'tbi.' ii; 1 1 .-, .Von of f.o-:.:lle trr.b!e hci-.,.. ft :),,: CfK'.-d t:.-H ;,,,) (mr-iuv v, ;j , !h" '-r-.'j of tin- Am-'n rUn i'-iiii:'T I. I,, hiO'-n V. i ! :j r-fillori. ii'.'i Imp i I.iri'l of lloh'ini. The Am"! j t ,A- had b -'-u v. a t t, i I;, : ofn' I. d: 'j t-:. and !,. fjr-t ,,f,rt ; ir.vd '". bk'r abb- ' i . m ' r 1 1,. Tii- I'-""' : do ri'l varraril. an- ',vr- -r,(. I ,,n ,- '.ud a d 'I ir,-J ,'or jr; .r.) . f, :Mld " i'nU, fur ' OM: '! I f, ' 0 ,, f n ' h . o..- r.-.-n." ., n.n,, -I h ' Ih- '.. t I-,;, . a .' 0- .nil- . 1". iC ;,.:,', :;,,. " r lt i ,f h- ! h. j t j... ; , -I ,, ,,, -i f' r rr .o. (. ; m ' r., Ii i. a i - obtained, for our .covcrnmerit will not know -whether to prefer a claim in Berlin Ber-lin or London. TIip Evelyn the fifpt American boat, to strike a min lther neutrab have su tiered hea vih . ppcriuily Xor-ivay. Xor-ivay. SwptU'u and Denmark. Tlne countries coun-tries arc in a bettor position to demand redress than is the United States, be-cause be-cause t hey pro' e ted parly in 1 ne w; r against the laying of mine? in the N'nrth sea, whereas the ("niled States remained sih-nt nn the subject. The theory of uur state Jepartmeut was that a pro-tesr- i-uiihi serve no useful purpose, a? lnyinor mines was not prohibited by the rules of war, and as it would be im-pussible im-pussible to ti x the blame on any coveru-ment coveru-ment in the event a ship should be blown up. The ease of the .Norwegian, steamer Belride differs radically fTum that, of the Evelyn. The Belridgc was torpeiloed by n Ciermau subnia rine, although her nationality na-tionality and her flag were painted on ber bow. The only possible reason fur idiikiri her was that she was entering the English harbor of Folkstone at the time. The tierman submarine erew made no attempt to follow t h o practice of visit, and search required by international interna-tional law and gave the Belridge do warning. Had the Belridge been an American boat the state department at Washington, in conformity with the note which it sent to the German government, would have been compelled com-pelled to hold Germany to "strict accountability." ac-countability." "Whether the Norwegian government, backed by its allies, Sweden and Denmark, will bold Germany Ger-many stnictly accountable remains to be seen. A convoy of Scandinavian warships In the danger zoues might serve a useful purpose, for the larger German warships are not venturing out upon the sea, but are leaving naval operations almost entirelv to submarines. sub-marines. Xo naval convoy, however, can guard against the hidden mine, ami that is au excellent reason for not sending send-ing any American warships to escort our merchant vessels in the W3r zone. The Germans have announced that they will strew mines in this zone, and if they do we will only endanger our warships as well as our merchant vessels ves-sels if we adopt the convov plan. There is a chance that the sinking of the Evelyn has been misrepresented, and the state department should not rest until all the facts are ascertained. |