GOODWILL OF NEUTRALS
ITS IMPOKTANCE I.V THE WAR, According to the Attorney-General, the British law os enunciated in the proclamations Issued by His Majesty may be taken to be a carefully-thought-out attempt to deal with the extremely difficult and delicate situation which arises when a country at war is faced with the problem of destroying the trade of its enemy, whilst at the same time it endeavours to disturb as little as possible the business of neutral countries, whose goodwill and perhaps practical commercial assistance may be vital to its success in the 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 present, so a policy which means a maximum amount of destruction to enemy trade and a minimum of inconvenience to the legitimate trade of neutral Powers, who may be our friends, would seem to be a sound one. The principle which Ims apparently influenced British statesmen in their general attitude is the principle that it is not tlie nationality of the person, hut his place of business during the war, that is important.
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Southland Times, Issue 17660, 18 February 1916, Page 2
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191GOODWILL OF NEUTRALS Southland Times, Issue 17660, 18 February 1916, Page 2
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