...says : The recognition of an obligation of this sort would impose a duty upon every neutral nation to sit in judgment on the progress of a war, and to...its commercial intercourse with a belligerent whose " The Secretary of State to Ambassador Penfield, August 12, 1915, — instructed to inform Foreign...

...in a note of August 12, 1915, that the American Government could not accede to such a proposition: The recognition of an obligation of this sort, unknown...successes prevented the neutral from trade with the enemy. * * Manifestly " The italics are mine. the idea of strict neutrality now advanced by the Imperial and...

...says : The recognition of an obligation of this sort would impose a duty upon every neutral nation to sit in judgment on the progress of a war, and to...its commercial intercourse with a belligerent whose success prevented the neutral to trade with the enemy. The contention of the Imperial and Royal Government...

...adopt measures to "maintain an attitude of strict parity with respect to both belligerent parties." to sit in judgment on the progress of a war and to...successes prevented the neutral from trade with the enemy On the novel principle that equalization is a neutral duty, neutral nations would be obligated to place...

...in a note of August 12, 1915, that the American government could not accede to such a proposition: "The recognition of an obligation of this sort, unknown...successes prevented the neutral from trade with the enemy. . . . Manifestly the idea of strict neutrality now advanced by the Imperial and Royal government would...

...says: "The recognition of an obligation of this sort would impose a duty upon every neutral nation to sit in judgment on the progress of a war, and to...its commercial intercourse with a belligerent whose success prevented the neutral to trade with the enemy. The contention of the Imperial and Royal Government...

...international usage on account of special conditions the Government of the United States cannot accede. The recognition of an obligation of this sort, unknown...nation a duty to sit in judgment on the progress of the war and to restrict its commercial intercourse with a belligerent whose naval successes prevented...

...belligerent in the past. If admitted it would, as Mr. Lansing said in his note of August 12, 1915, "impose upon every neutral nation a duty to sit in...prevented the neutral from trade with the enemy." Manifestly the effect of such a policy would be not the maintenance of neutrality but partiality. But...

...international usage on account of special conditions the Government of the United States cannot accede. The recognition of an obligation of this sort, unknown...nation a duty to sit in judgment on the progress of the war and to restrict its commercial intercourse with a belligerent whose naval successes prevented...