SAYS A I.I.I A \ 4 K II \S
Hit.Ill ON IT> HIDK
"If the people and gov et nment of
the l.'nited States keep in mind that
the blockade proclaimed bv <;reat Brit
a in is not only meant t., wear down
the central powers l.y starvation, but
aims at subjecting the seas to her rule
in order to establish in this manner
her tyranny over it 11 nations. whiU,
on the other hand tin hlo< kade of Eng
land and her allies e.nlv serves to make
these powers incline towards peacu
with hounr ami a guarantee to all na
tions e>f the freedom of sea iratllc and
sea commerce, and thereby secured
existence, then ti e epiestion which of
tin: two partus has th* right on .ts
side is already dc id<d Though the
central powci.- ko, no ill - t .? in t! .s
war to be-j; fc.i alia-.-, tin \ yet IhIicvh
that they will :>> . nttr.-d to look to
neutrals to appre iat. 11.. 11 -lYnns to
revise in th< inieirst ,,f i,|| u,?. prin
ciples of int? t nat; ?niti law ;md - quaI
lights of nations
- "In replying now i>. u,. .iihi-c. m put
in the Ame rican note of lYbiiwiiv IS.
tilt Austro-Hun?;arlaii g"V ? rnment
firstly remarks that in t! . < \change of
notes referting t.. the eases of the
Ancona and the F'eisia. .t lesirwted
itaelf to defining i't attmnb t.< con
crete fjuest ions whic h nidi vulunllv aiose
without layintr elovcn n fundamental
legal coiw ption Bui n is ne.te <,f
October ID. I'M".. ief. 11 ,a ,iK, ,\n
cona cape, it lommd I., it:-If the
light to hrmg up foi i-smn at a
latetr date difficult iutei natie>na 1 eiuer,.
