VIOLATED NEUTRALITY.

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 86, 9 October 1915, Page 12

VIOLATED NEUTRALITY.

A "candid friend" — American, of course^ — remarks : Most of the present combatants seem to have done something in the way of violations of neutrality, although in some cases the violations have been, more or less trivial or accidental and have been apologised for. Belgium and Luxemburg have been occupied by the Germans. Russia attacked a German ship in Swedish waters. British submarines passed through Swodis'h and Danish waters on their way to the Baltic. The Japanese invaded Chinese territory in order to reach KiaoChao. Russians and Turks have invaded Persia. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was sunk in Spanish waters, and the Dresden was sunk in Chilean waters. At a time when there is a clamour for new rules of warfare and for international agreements based on modern weapons, it is perhaps worthy of note that no one takes the least notice of such rulefe and agreements when they are made. But human credulity as to th© efficacy of pieces of paper bearing signatures seems to be limitless. Certainly Ehe value of the pieces of paper is not in any way enEanced by the signatures.