Feb. 11.
Lusitania broke no Jaw, but voted herself against the German threat to sink enemy ships of whether or not the passengers and crew could saved. It has been definitely laid down that when*a ship flies a neutral flag a belligerent must signal her to heave to, fire a blank cartridge and send a bout to her. Resistance, of course, involves the penalty of confiscation, According to the Declaration of Paris the destruction of a neutral ship before condemnation cannot circumstances be justified if the captors are unable to take in a neutral ship for adjudication it is their duty to release her. Yet Germany threatens neutral ships with destruction, whenever she cares to plead that it was an error. Moreover, the same De tion states that before destroy; an enemy's ship, the captors should remove the goods on board of " non-contraband character belonging to neutral Powers; while Dr. Lushington has laid down that a capt pemy's slip ay should not be destroyed at before condemnation as a prize, except when the captor for press.
Tore is, perhaps, no trade which forms a better barometer of commercial conditions—in China than the import of aniline dyes. They figure in the Cnstoms returns of all the large Treaty Ports and consequently any material change in the demand for them can, as a rule, be referred back to some cause, or group of causes, operating simultaneously either throughout the country or over a large section of it. For the time being, we are deprived of this index. because, owing to the war, the import of aniline dyes has practical ly. an event sufficiently serious in relation to local business and of immense significance to Yorkshire and Lancashire.
An adequate supply of these dyes is vital to both the cotton and the wool trades and Great Britain ig] is only able to produce about eight per cent. of its revnirements. Many of the most important colours are not produced in Great Britain at all and for these she like other countries has hitherto relied mainly on Germany At the onthres' the war the stock at home was said to be sufficient to last six months, a very narrow prize crew. Germany ove Bei margin in view of the that -|it has to support industries representing an annual output it is not the British et which the neuder personally, vernment of Which he i eposed a scheme the main idea of which over and extend cer companies already engaged in the The title of the bel limited entirely to the ug and condemning The whole of the ordinsere ex pital of the company. amounting, is suggested, to £3,000.000 is 10 he subscribed by the users aniline dyes. while the Govern-new in it, for we dence of the nun submarines, since the beginment is prepared to lend £1,500,000 at a low rate of interest, probably four per cent.. the total amount to be paid off by a
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