Show REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE englishmen DECLARE THAT THE nON contention OF THE U S IS 8 unsustainable changed conditto conditio s of War warfare fire the note contends requires a new application of the principles of international law washington arct re plies to the latest american representations against interference Interfere with neutral comin cice reject entirely tho the contention that tile the orders in fit council tire aro illegal luid and justify tile the british course as being wholly within international law unsustainable either lit in point of law or principles of international equity la Is tho the british reply to tile tho american protest against tho the blockade of neutral neu ports with an invitation to submit to international arbitration any cases in which the united la Is dissatisfied with the action of british prize courts great reply embodied in taw notes one supplemental wits made public hero here and in london simultaneously on august 3 by agreement between the two governments with the tha notes was made public also albo the correspondence over the american steamer neches seized by tile the I 1 british while en route loute from rotterdam to the united states stated with goods ot of german origin all the cu correspond pond enco aggregates words changed conditions of warfare tho the british note contends require a new application of the principle pleA of international law the advent of at the submarine anar marine lile the airship and the alleged atrocities by german troops in ili be glum are cited as justification for the tha of extreme measures the blockade is justified ed on oil the contention that the universally recognized recognised fundamental inezi al principle of a blockade Is in that a belligerent Is entitled to cut off by effective means meana tile seaborne sea borne commerce of at the enemy the note reiterates that great BI ailt it aln ain will continue to apply the orders complained of although not without every effort to avoid embarrassment to neutrals and observes that the amer american letin statistics show allow that tiny loss in trade with germany and austria has hag been more than overbalanced over balanced by tile the increase of other industrial activities due to the war in the general reply to the american representations against tile the orders in counell sir edward grey the foreign minister addressing ambassador pago page begins by expressing the hope that lie he may be able to convince the administration at washington that the measures we have announced are not only reasonable anti and necessary in themselves but constitute no more than an adaptation of the old principles of blockade to the peculiar cir curn stances with which we are arc confronted 1 I need scarcely dwell wrote sir edward on the obligations incumbent upon the allies to take every step in their power to overcome their common enemy in view of the shocking violations of tho the reed recognized guli ed rules and principles of civilized civili sed warfare of which he be has been guilty during the present struggle sir edward then refers to atrocities in belgium poisoning of wells in german southwest africa use of poisonous gases against tile the allied troops in flanders and finally tho the sinking pinking of the lusitania to show how indispensable it Is that we should leave unused no justifiable method of defending ourselves |