This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...placing an embargo upon these sales was adding insult to injury. It was not regarded as an honest excuse; but as the invention of men who wanted either to evade the issue or to find a way to aid favored belligerents or both. It is, of course, accepted that the rules of International Law do not forbid such sales. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...placing an embargo upon these sales was adding insult to injury. It was not regarded as an honest excuse; but as the invention of men who wanted either to evade the issue or to find a way to aid favored belligerents or both. It is, of course, accepted that the rules of International Law do not forbid such sales. The rights of the German and Austrian Governments are not involved at all. Germany does not even protest our right to sell arms and ammunition; although she has expressed her surprise at our enormous sales of ammunition to the Allies and our failure at the same time to insist upon our undoubted right to deliver foodstuffs to the civilians of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The question, however, is essentially one of our own self-respect. What precedents have we in our own history to guide us? During our late difficulties with Mexico our Government prevented a German merchantman from delivering arms and ammunition to one of the Mexican factions. The German ship was clearly within her rights; but she yielded to our desire. What was the foundation for our action? Plainly that our Government did not sympathize with the particular consignee. We objected to the giving of aid to Huerta from any source. We exercised a preference between two belligerent factions even to the extent of interfering with the rights of another power. By the same rule we cannot now insist upon the right to sell arms to the Allies, and at the same time escape the suspicion before the world and before our own people that we are exercising a preference in favor of one and against another friendly power. We have gone farther. Congress adopted a resolution which gave the President the authority to place an embargo upon the shipment of arms and ammunition from this country to any other co...
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