THE DECLARATION OF LONDON.
ATTITUDE OF BRITAIN & AMERICA. VIEWS OF "THE TIMES," , By TcleErapb—Press Association—Ccpyriffht. (Rcc. Jaiiuary 30, 10.55 p.m.) London, January 30. "Tho Times," in an article analysing tho Declaration of London, states that it might perhaps he best 1 to accept tho Declaration with all its defects, welcome tho substantial boons it confers, and submit-to its drawbacks, if tho result of refusal to ratify it wero complete isolation. That, however, in all probability is not so, provided wo negotiated with the countries agreeing with us on certain cardinal points. "The adds: "It is not unlikely that America would adopt our views upon several points of vital importance, especially a 9 regards the legal position of foodstuffs. Heretofore the policies of tho United States and Britain regarding international law havo been much tho same—our precedents havo been theirs, and theirs ours. We aro guided by Marshall and Story,
they by Stowell. Let this common courso of devolopment.be continued and extended by an Anglo-American declaration. Such an agreement could not fail to attract the adhesion of other Towers.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1039, 31 January 1911, Page 5
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