\\ ho 1 dot's that mean? To 111c pi r
sonally that could mean hut one ibing,
:uim<dy th** convoying of '--lniis."
And ' '011111 vii. Bernstoi ff dors not
b.-lip'e thai ships eonvoyi'd would lie
alt ulc^d. iiltlionph he f --Is a v;r?'Ht
.?iMii'-nt of dtinaer iv attai hed t.-. snob
1 '11... . din .? Personnlly. 11 >. fornter
i'lnhnssadoi leeis that m:.iiy Vmericuns
b<\<^ not tihviiy.. li^en Mtri.'tli neutral.
?<1 MI'lTIIIKS 11 l-TIt I-;
om: iioi:s iit si n i:ss
"Voti havp snipped your poods to the
.11: s beiatisp they h."l . ..inniand of the
:-eas.'" lie" :ii*l . "If the ??onditions had
l,een reversed iml tin- 'iernian navy,
instead of the Rritish. had that 10111
inand; yon would haVi shippnl your
g'Oods io ii". .Vatnrally. itn? person's
? v rnpn tines nr? where Io- d bilsiness.
."Let us consider humanity and intcr
naiionnl law. There has been a cry
a5ainst Cernuiny on the ground that
wr have, violated tli?- rights of Hk
formal and the principles of die bitter.
"I; ii hot a violation of the rights
of Immunity for Up- llrltisb to try to
starve out iho iioiiiomhatant popula
tion -our women and our i.ermnn
babies'.^ Tlii-re is nothing human in
that.
"Are not the prineijVl.-s of Inter
national law l>> mu violated every hour
by tb. Uritisir." Kven your govern
ment. in a niOKt 1 xcellent notej hits d?
I'lHred th" rtritish blockade of (!crmany
to he illegal and indcfcn^ililc.
"I 'aid may b< it was possible for
war to lo averted Of course, you
must understand that i>- conditional
upon tlernianj being aide io bring the
entente to its knees before anything
happens to iinoivi the I 111 ted Slates.
