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Show LONDON COMMENT ON II. S. NOTES Westminister Gazette Admits Neutrals Have Grievance and Are Entitled to Insist. DIFFICULTY IS SERIOUS International Law Must Prevail Pre-vail But Order in Council Is Conforming Fully to Requirements. London, Aug. 4. 1:06 p. m. The coment of tho London afternoon papers pap-ers on tho correspondence between Walter H. Pager tho American ambassador, am-bassador, and Sir Edward Grey, tho British foreign secretary, admits generally gen-erally that America and other neutrals neut-rals have a grievance but they insist, to use the words of the Westminister Gazette, "that Great Britain has been compelled to modify some of the accepted ac-cepted rules because Germany has deliberately de-liberately broken theseules." Continuing the Westminister Gazette Gazet-te says: Neutrals Have Grievance. "For the moment we would do well to recognize that on a strict inter pretation of international law, neutrals neut-rals have a grievance upon which they are entitled to Insist, but this grievance arises in the main from the peculiar use Germany has chosen to make of the submarine In her war upon up-on merchantmen, both enemy and neutral." The same newspaper, In reference to tho sinking of the British steamer Iberian in which an American lost his life, notes the silence of the American press on tills Incident. Then he says: "The German answer to the American Ameri-can note has been most didect. It has taken the practical form of the killing without warning of American seamen. sea-men. Apparently, if the American press has Its way, no notice Is to be taken of this fact This Improssion of the real feeling of the United States in this matted will be no more lost upon Germany than upon this country." The Evening Standard in an editorial editor-ial says. Differences Not Irreconcilable. "The notes exchanged show that the differences ibetween Great Britain and the United States, although serious, are by no" means Irreconcilable." It points out that Sir Edward Grey unreservedly un-reservedly accepts the main American Ameri-can contention that International law must prevail over national law Continuing, Con-tinuing, it argues that the Order In Council makes national law conform fully to International requirements, but, If the United States does not accept ac-cept this view, then Sir Edward Grey concedes that Great Britain will make no objection to an appeal to an International Inter-national tribunal This lotter is a ery strong point, the Standard sets forth, insomuch as the United States has elected to stand on international principle. |