The Archive · 1914

Mining in Neutral Waters

It is hardly to be expected that the British Government's dignified Protest against the scattering of mines over the high seas will make any immediate difference to Pru: sian habits. But it is well to put these things on record against the day when a full reckoning will be exacted. One wonders what a man like the late Baron Marschall von Bieberstein would say if he could see, in the flesh, how utterly and shamelessly his solemn undertakings at The Hague have been falsified by the Government for whose honour he gave so proud pledge. One wonders what kind of effect the German Government

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