RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS AT SEA. REPLY TO AMERICAN PROTEST.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1915,
His Majesty's Government are not aware, except from the published correspondence between the United States and Germany, to what extent reparation has been claimed from Germany by neutrals for loss of ships, BRITISH CASE STATED.
tives, and airgoes, nor how far these nets The following correspondence between have been the subject evon of protest by the Sir Edward Groy and the American Am-neutral Governments concerned.
While these acts of the Germon Govara. bassador in London in the subject of Prisement continue it seems neither reasonable Court proceedings in cases where Ameri-
Dor just that His Majesty's Government san interests may be involved was issued should be pressed to abandon the rights claimed in the British note of the 29rd and last month by the Foreign Office:- Str. Page to Sir Edward Grey-(Received to allow goods from Germany to pass freciy
July 17th.)
through waters effectively patrolled by Bri American Embassy, London, ish ships of war.
July 16th, 1915. S-I have the honour to sequaint you that I have received instructions from my Government to make known to you their attitude for the purpose of avoiding any misunderstandings in regard to Prize Court proceedings in cases in which American
interests may be involved.
The Government of the United States, in view of differences which an understood exist between the two countries as to the principles of law applicable in caseo beforo the Prize Court, desire to make clear to' His Majesty's Government that in so far as the interests of American citizens are n volved the Government of the Ctited Stateh feel constrained to insist upon the rights of their citizens under the hitherto established
principles and rules governing neutral trade in time of war, without modification or lim tation by the Government of Great Britain. I am instructed to add that the Govern men of the United States cannot recognize the validity of proceedings taken in His Majesty's Prize Court under restrainta jer posed by the municipal law of Great Britain in derogation of the rights of Americny citizens
I have, etc..
---Wszaka-HINER. PAGE. Mr. Page to Sir Eland Grey--(Received
Jaly 19th
American Embassy, Loudhra, July 17, 1917. SIB, I have the honons to nequaint yo that I am in receipt of instructions from my Government to request your consideration of the following matter, which it regards -being of the utmost importance :----
It has been brought to the attention of the Secretary of State that the steamship. Neches, of American register, sailing from Rotterdam to a port of the United States, carrying general cargo, was detained in the Downs and brought to fadon, where its
captain was obliged by His Majesty's autho- rities to discharge the cargo, the property of American citirens.
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If, however, it be alleged that lu particu- Iar cases and special circumstances hardship may be inflicted on citizens of neutral coun- trics, His Majesty's Government aro ready in much cases to examine the facts in a spirit of consideration for the interest of neutrals. and in this spirit they are prepared to deal with the cargo of the Neckes, to which your Excellency has called attention, if it is held that the particular circumstances of this case fall within this entegory.
I have, etc..
E GREY. Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Page.
Foreign Ofies, July 22nd, 1915, My Dear AMMABSADOR,
I am sending you a note, which had been Prize from your -Government aliout our prepared and was ready before the notes Court proceedings and the Neches case were
seat in last week.
The note I now send you was, therefore, written without reference to these latter notes: I think it well to send it, as it explains more clearly than has ret been done why we have felt ourselves compelled to take the measures that were initinted last March, and the grounds on which we con sider that they may be justified.
The notes that you have sent in let the Prize Court proceeding and the Neches case a receiving careful consideration. and hope to send you an answer on both of them next week.
The Confederate
standard of effectiveness, the locality of the It may be noted in this connection that at the time of the Civil War tho United blockading squadrons, the right of the individual ship to a preliminary warning that he blockmile is in force, and the States fouad themselves under the necessity
a captured of declaring a blockade of some 3,000 miles. of const-line, a military operation for which penalty to inflicted on the number of vessels available was at first blockade runner are all subjects on which United States in that great struggle that countries, and in which the practice of very small. It was vital to the cause of the different views have prevailed in different The one principle which is they should be able to cut off the trade of particular countries has been altered from
time to time. the southern States.. armies were dependent ari supplies from fundamental and has obtained universal overseas, and those supplies could not be recognition is that, by means of blockade, a without exporting the cotton helligerent is entitled to er off by effective. obtained
means the sea-borne commerce of his enemy. Tho wherewith to pay for them; to cut off this
It is the same with contrabund, trade the United States could only rely upon
wide a. blockade. The difficulties confronting the underlying principle is well established, but
as to the details thore has been a Federal Government were in part due to
As for unnentrál šervice; the fact that noighbouring neutral territory variety of view. afforded convenient centres from which can- the very term is of such recent introduction traband
could be introduce into the that many writers of repute on international
It is impos Your law do not even mention it. could b facilitated: territory Excellency will no doubt roniemher how inside. in the view of His Majesty's Gov- order to meet this new dificulty the old erament, in these circumstances to maintain principles relating to contraband and that the right of a belligerent to intercept blockedo were developed and the doctrine of the commerce of his enemy is limited in the
and way suggested applied.
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There are certain subsidiary matters dealt with in your Excellency's communien. tion to which I think it well to refer. The difficulties which imposed upon the Amongst these may be mentioned your United States the necessity of reshaping citation of the Declaration of Paris, due, no doubt, to the words which occur in the Home of the old rules are somewhat akin to those with which the Allies are now fared memorandum sent by me to your Excellency
the 1st March, wherein it
that ther in dealing with the trade of their enepty,
Allied Governments hold themselves free to detain countries which afford her convenient oppor- would
Lake into
ships port
Parry- Adjacent to Germany are various neatrasted tunities for earrying on her trade with foreign countries. Her own territories are ing goods of presumed enemy destination, covered by a network of railways and water ownership, or origin, and to our announce ways, which enable her commerce to passment that vessels might be required to ng conveniently througir ports in such discharge goods of enemy ownership as well
as those of enemy origin or destination. mentral countries as through her own.
-His-not-necessary to discuss the extent to which the second rule of the Declaration blockade limitest to enemy ports would leave open rontes by which every kind of
of Paris is affected by these measures, or Garman commerce could pass almost as
whether it could be held to apply at all as
and easily as through the ports in her
the United between Great Britain States. territory. Rotterdam is indeed the nearest
In actual practice, however, we are outlet for some of the industrial districts of
not detaining-goods on the sole ground that They Germany,
they are the property of an enemy. purpose of the measures we are taking is to intercept commerce on its way from anl There are many to the enemy country. cases in which proof that the goods were enemy property would afford strong evidence that they were af enemy origin or enemy destination, and it is only in such cases that Where proof of we are detaining them. enemy properly would afford strong evidence of such angin or destination we are not in practice detaining the goods. gratified to observe that the measures which BEFORE
I do not propose to publish the note pend-merce across a ing qu-agreement with your Government as to the date co which this should be done.
Yours sincerely,
E. GREY
ENCLOSURE.
Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Page,"
Foreign Office, July Brd, 1915, Your EXCELLENCY,
On the 2nd April your Excellency handed to me a copy of a communication containing the criticisms of the United States Govern- ment on the measures we have been con- mrained to take on account of the menure The ground advanced to sustain this to peaceful commerce resulting from the action, it appears, is that the goods in ques German subauarine policy. This communica tion originated, in part, at least, in Belgium, tion has received the most careful consid- and fell therefore within the provisionsferation of His Majesty's Government paragraph 4 of the Order in Council of the i1th March, which stipulates that overy mer- chant-ressol sailing from a port other than a German port carrying goods of enemy gri- gia may be required to discharge such goods ia a British or allied port.
I fully appreciate the friendly spirit and the eandour which are shown in the com- munication, and, replying in the same spirit, I trust that I may able to convince your Excellency and also the Administration at Washington, that the measures we baro announced are not only reasonable and necessary in themselves, but constitute o more that an adaptation of the old principles of blockade to the peculiar circumstances with which we are confronted.
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As a counterpoise to the freedom with which one belligerent may send his
nentral country without compromising its neatrality, the other belligerent may fairly claim to intercept such commerce before it has reached, after it has left, the neutral State, provided, of course, that he can establish that the comporce with which he interferes is the commerce of his enemy and not commerce which is bona fide destined for, or proceed It seems ing from, the neutral State. accordingly that, if it be recognized that a Blockade is in certain cases the appropriate method of intercepting the trade of enemy country, and if the blockade can only biome effective by extending it to enemy commerce passing through neutral ports, such an extension is defensible and accordance with principles which have met with general neceptator.
tions
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To the contention that such action is not directly supported by written authority it may be replied that it is the business of writers on international law to formulate existing rules, rather than to offer saggos
for their adaptation circumstances, and your Excellency will remember the unmeasured terms in which n all nations condemned the doctrine which group of prominent, international lawyers of had been laid down by the Supreme Court the case of the of the United States
The Government of the United States very earnestly reiterates its position with respect to this Order in Council, as set forth in the note which I had the honour to address to you on the 2nd April, 1916, and regards the international invalidity of the order as plainly illustrated in the present instance of the spizure of American-owned goods passtep in their power to overcome their-com-Springboka doctrine upheld by the Claims ing from the neutral port of Rotterdam to
I need scarcely dwell on the obligation incumbent upon the Allies to take every mon enemy, in view of the shocking viola tion of the recognized rules and principles Your a neutral port of the United States, merely of civilized warfare of which he has been because the goods came originally from tor-guilty during the present struggle. ritory in the possession of Great Britain's Excellency's attention has already been drawn to some of these proceedings in the memorandum which I handed to you on the Since that time Lord 19th February, Bryce's Report, based on evidence carefully xiftici by legal experts, describing the atroci
enamy.
Bub Commission at Washington in 1873. the United States and the British Govern- ments took broader view, and looked the underlying below the surface at principles; and the Government of this country, whose nationals were the sufferers by the extension and development of the old methods of blockade made by the United States during the Civil War. abstained from all protest against the de- were condemned.
His Majesty's Government have been
they are enforcing have had no detrimental effect on the commerce of the United States. Figures of recent months show that the increasel opportunities afforded by the war for American commerce have more than compensated for the loss of the German and Austrian markets.
I trust that in the light of the above measures to which wo have resorted have explanations it will he realized that the been not only justified by the exigencies of the case, but enn he defended as in accord- ance with general principles which have commended themselves to the Government of both countries, I am glad to be able to assure your Excellerer that we shall con- time to apply these measures with every desire to occasion that lenst possible amaunh of inconvenience to persons engaged in legitimate commerce, I have, etc.
E, GRET
SHIPPING IN PORT.
STEIMERS.
In view of the position of my Government as set forth above, I am instructed to a quaint you that the legality of the seizure of these goods on board the Nerkes by His Majesty's authorities cannot be admitted by lies committed in Belgium; the poisoningeisions by which the ships and their cargo CHEIAN MARU, Japanese str., 1,784, Maka,
the Government of the United States, aul of wells in German South-West Africa; the that it considers that the course pursued isuse of poisonous gaves against the troops in in violation of the right of the citizens Flanders; and, finally, the sinking of the of one neutral country to trade with those Lasitaria, without any opportunity to of another, as well as with those of belliger-passengers and non-combatants to save their ents, except in contraband or in contravon-lives have shown how indispensable it is tion of a legal blockade of an enemy seaport, that we should leave unused no justifiable Your Excellency will remember that in My Government feels that it must insist method of defending ourselves. upon the rights of American owners to bring their goods out of Holland in due course in notes of the 13th and 15th March I explained that the Allied Governmenta neutral ships, even though such gols may intended to meet the German attempt to have come originally from the territories of stop all supplies of every kind from leaving or entering British or French porte by them- a country at war with Great Britain.
I am furthermore directed to communi- selves intercepting goods going to or from cate my Government's insistont request that Germany. I read the communication from goods taken from the steamship Neches, your Excellency's Government not as ques- which are the property of American citizens,tioning the necessity for our taking all the shall be expeditiously released to be forward- steps open to us to cripple the enemy's trado, but as directed solely to the question ed to their destination,
of the legitimacy of the particular measure adopted.
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The note which I had the honour to send to your Excellency on the 23rd instant hay already explained the view of His Majesty's Government on the legal aspect of the ques tion, though it was prepared before your Excellency's communication of the 17th had been received; and pending consideration by the Government of the United States if the views and arguments set forth in the
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be entitled to interfere by interfering with no goods with which we should not conditions of Germany at present were such blockade if the geographical position and the that her commerce passed through her own We are taking the utmost possible are not to interfere with ports. genuinely destined for or proceeding from Furthermore, we have tempered the severity with which our neutral countrica, meustres might press upon neutrals by not applying the rale which was invariable in the old form of blockade; that ships and from the blockaded goods on their way to area are liable to condemnation.
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GLENLOCHY," Captain 0.0.Simpson, having arrived from the above Ports, Consigneen of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Consigness risk and expense.
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bere.
I venture to ask that you will be so good ss to let me be informed at the earliest con-
In the various notes which I have received venient -moment as to the course of
from your Excellency, the right of a helli- Majesty's Government in this connection.
gerent to establish a blockade of the enemy has I have, etc.,
ports is admitted--a right which WALTER HINES PAGE,
obviously no value save in so far as it gives
The communication made by the United Sir Edward Grey to Mr. l'age.
power to a belligerent. to cut off the sea- Foreign Ofice, July 30th, 1916.
as a novel and quite unprecedentel feature YOUR EXCELLENCY,The note which your horne exports and imports of his enemy. States Embassy on the 2nd April describes The contention which, I understand, the Excellency addressed to me on the 17th inst. United States Government now put for-of the blockade that it ombraces many It does not respecting the detention of the cargo of the ward is that, if a belligerent is so circum-neutral ports and coasts and has the effect steamship Neches hay, I need hardly say, stanced that his commerce can pass through of barring access to them.
If wo are successful in the received the careful attention of His adjacent neutral ports as easily as through appear that our measures can be properly distinguish ports in his own territory, his opponent has so described.
are making to We Majesty's Government.
between the commerce of neutral and enemy no right to interfere, and must restrict his efforts measure of blockade in such a manner as to
contention interference with the trade of neutral parts leave such avenues of commerce still open countries, there will be no substantial to his adversary. This is a which His Majesty's Government fool unablo except in so far as they constitute ports of to accept, and which seems to them una access to and exit from the enemy territory. They are ports which it would be mere effectation to tainable either in point of law or upon prin- There are at this moment many neutral ciples of international equity. unable to admit that a belligerent violates regard as offering facilities unly for the any fundamental principle of international commerce of the neutral country in which.. law by applying a blockade in such a way they are situated; and the only commerce as to cut off the enemy's commerce with with which we propose to interfero is that foreign countries through neutral ports if of the enemy, who seeks to make uso of such ports for the purposes of transit to There is, however, one general observation the circumstances render such only means
The Government or from his own country. that seems relevant to the note from your of making it effective,
One of the earlier passages in your of the United States, indeed, intimates its Excellency respecting the cargo of the
readiness to take into account "the great Excellency's memorandum was to the effect Neches
It is the practice of the German Govern- changes which have occurred in the condi- that the sovereignty of neutral nations in ST. meet in the waters through which the Neches tions and means of naval warfare since the time of war suffers no diminution except in so far as the practice and consent of by the was passing to sink neutral as well as Bri-rules hitherto governing legal blockade were tish merchant vessels, irrespective of the formulated," and recognizes that "the form civilized nations has limited i destination of the vesse, of the destination of close blockade, with its cordon of ships recognition of certain now clearly deter- or origin of the cargo, and without proper in the immediate offing of the blockaded mined rights," which it is considered may the right of capture and con regard a provision for the safety of passen ports, is no longer practicable in the face he exercised by nations at war, and those.
of an enemy possessing the means and oppor- it defines gers or erows, many of whom have lost theit
There can be no ques-tunity to make an effective defence by the demnation for unneutral servies, for the carriage of contraband, and for breach of lives in consequence.
nse of submarines, miues, and aircraft."
I may, however, be permitted to tion that this action is contrary to the re-
The only question, then, which can arise blockade.
British note of the 23rd, it is unnecessary
for me to say more on the question of right
or of low.
rognised and settled rales of international in regard to the measures resorted to for point out that the practice of nations OR the purpose of carrying out a blockade upon each of the three subjects mentioned has not at any time been uniform or clearly those extended lines is whether, to use your Excellency's words, they "conform to the determined, nor has the practice of any spirit and principles of the essence of the maritime nation always been consistent,
There are various particulars in which the rules of war," and we shall be content to
The apply this tout to the action which we have exact method of carrying a blockade into taken in so far as it has necessitated inter-effect has from time to time varied.
-nead of a public notification, the requisite ference with neutral commeres,
law, as well as to the principles of humanity. His Majesty's Gorernment, on the other hand, have adhered to the rules of visit and search, and have observed the obligation to bring into port and submit to a Prize Court Jay ships or cargoes with regard to which they think they have a good case for deten tion or for condemnation as contraband.
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the Goods are
Options Goods will be landed here unlow instractions are given to the contrary whhia 6 boux.
Goods not cleared within 8 days including date of arrival will be subject to rent.
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