FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —One sees the term "Freedom of the Seas" in every paper, but nobody ever gives a proper definition of the term. You say in a sub-leader that the term means that civilians shall be able to cross the sea in safety even in wartime. That may be the definition of a shoreman; here is the definition"of a seaman. To my mind it means this: "That the ships of all nations, big or small, shall have the right to trade to and fro to any port or country in existence and that no more restriction be placed upon any ship trading to a foreign country than this foreign country puts upon her own shipping." That is what Great Britain has done all along, and more: She has permitted the foreigner not onlytrading to her ports, but also coastwise from port to port, which the United States, France. German}-, in fact, any nation, never permitted. It is impossible to give more freedom of the seas than Great Britain has done hrtherto. The supremacy of the seas is perfectly safe in her hands. She will never abuse it. —I am, etc., q.S
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 68, 20 March 1919, Page 7
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