GOODWILL OF NEUTRALS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2873, 17 February 1916, Page 4

GOODWILL OF NEUTRALS.

ITS IMPORTANCE" li\ THE WAR

According to the Atlorfrey-Cieneral, tho British law as enunciated in the proclamations issued by his Maj&sty may ho taken to he, a earetully-th.ought-oiit attempt to deal with I/he oxLrcmly difficult and delicate situation which arises when a- country a.t war is faced with the problem of destroying tho trade ,of its onomy, -whilst at rhe s'anio time it endeavours to disturb ,as lii.tflo as possible the. business iiiiid perhaps practical commercial assistance may bo vital to ite success iv f'hc war.

To have the goodwill of neutral countries like the United States, Holland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark is obviously of supreme importance to us at jirese.nl, .so a policy which moans a. maximum amount of de.st.ruol ion to one my trade .an<l a minimum of inconvenience to the. Jeoilinialo Irado. of neutral Powers, who tuav be our friends.. would .seem lo be :i sound one. The principle which has apparently influenced British statesmen in their general attitude is the principle that it i.s not (lie nationality of the porson, bill, his place of business durthe war, that i.s important.