IN TIME OF WAR

Evening Star, Issue 14530, 5 December 1910, Page 6

IN TIME OF WAR

FOREIGN OFFICE OPINION. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 3. Replying to the many communications from tho Chambers of Commerce regarding the Declaration of London, tho For--cign Office invites attention to the improvements effected. It states that if the Declaration is ratified neutral vessels will no longer be sunk except under stringent and carefully-guarded conditions, and food supplies will never again be declared absolute contraband. If the mles are- improperly observed or harshly interpreted by the belligerents in the prize courts an appeal will be allowed to The Hague tribunal, which can be trusted to give redress. WHAT AMERICA WOULD DO. AN AMERICAN COMMANDER'S FAITH. LONDON, December 4. (Received December 5, at 8.30 ajn.) Eight thousand sailors from the warships now in British waters were entertained at the Guildhall. Replying to the Lord Mayor's welcome, Commander Ames said that personally he believed that if the British Empire were seriously menaced by an external enemy the British people might count upon every man, every dollar, and even,' drop of blood from their kindred across the sea.