London, July 31.
Commenting on the extension of the contraband control, "The Times" in a leading article today says that neutral countries would, of course, much prefer there Was no interference with their ships or trade, "They must recognize, however," the newspaper continues, "that we are fighting for our lives and that if we lose, it will mean the end of their freedom as well as ours, including freedom to trade and sail the seas unhindered.
"The methods now to be employed are designed to inflict on them the minimum of inconvenience compatible with overriding the purpose of Preventing Germany from drawing supplies from overseas in order to enslave the world. They will not be insensible of the contrast between the gentle, humane system of navicerts and the brutal methods employed by Germany in her efforts to destroy our trade, which have degenerated into barbaric warfare against all ship ping, neutral just as much as British, on however flimsy grounds, [of trading with a British port, "Neutral countries whose ships have been sunk without warning, and Whose sailors have been left to drown, may well be asked to accept a little inconvenience, even a certain loss of trade, when they are found necess: for the success of our efforts to cloak the seas of piracy and make the world Safe for peace-loving peoples."—Reuter.
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