Tho doctrine laid down by Sir Edward Grey, that a blockade legally extends to the coasts of neutral countries through which an enemy’s goods pass, has caused extreme irritation in Potsdam. It is not considered that the joke is in af all good taste, seeing that if the contention heldT the German hinterland theory would be confined to districts to which Heaven-born people take no personal interest, Great Britain having already claimed dominion over air, water, and gll surface land.—' Fairplay.’ ■
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Evening Star, Issue 15916, 23 September 1915, Page 4
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81Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 15916, 23 September 1915, Page 4
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