DUTY OF NEUTRALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 462, 3 August 1915, Page 10

DUTY OF NEUTRALS.

BRITAIN AND THE WAR. SIR EDWARD CARSON'S STATEMENT. (Received August 3, 2.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 2. Sir Edward Carson, in a statement to the Associated Press said:— "Britain hates war, but has resolved to see the matter through. Britain, to-day, teems with military camps, in which a million men of the finest material are being trained and equipped. The fact that the task is being accomplished without a dramatic demonstration of foolish boasting is not a sign of weakness but of strength. "We have the right to ask neutrals whether they are doing everything possible to insist on the laws of humanity and the doctrines of international law being carried out. Neutrals are the executive power to compel the observance of the principles of international law, and if they fail the result must be disastrous to the world.'^