. Thrilling stories of the Great War on land and sea, in the air, under the water. right to plant mines as a defense to a harbor,from which all vessels might lawfully be excluded, isone thing, but to destroy the use of the open sea as ahighway, by sowing mines which might indeed destroyBritish ships, but might also destroy American ships,is an act of hostility which, if persisted in, wouldconstitute a casus belli, and if we had Mr. Webster,or Mr. Marcey, or Mr. Evarts in Washington as Secre-tary of State, prompt notice would be given that forany damage done Germany would be held responsible. A
. Thrilling stories of the Great War on land and sea, in the air, under the water. right to plant mines as a defense to a harbor,from which all vessels might lawfully be excluded, isone thing, but to destroy the use of the open sea as ahighway, by sowing mines which might indeed destroyBritish ships, but might also destroy American ships,is an act of hostility which, if persisted in, wouldconstitute a casus belli, and if we had Mr. Webster,or Mr. Marcey, or Mr. Evarts in Washington as Secre-tary of State, prompt notice would be given that forany damage done Germany would be held responsible. A representative quotation from the newspapersof the United States is the following: The imperial decree making all of the waters sur-rounding the British isles a war zone/ and threateningto destroy ships and crews found therein after February18, whether they be English or neutral, is surely themaddest proposal ever put forth by a civilized nation. AIMED AT NEUTRAL SHIPPING . This excessively efficient method of warfare, how-ever, is one that most concerns England and France,248.
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