Word: canalized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wimbledon was refused permission to enter the Kiel Canal because the German Government considered that such action would violate her neutrality in the Russo-Polish...
Judgment was delivered on the Kiel Canal suit (TIME, June 25, July 16, July...
Nine judges agreed that Germany had no right to refuse passage through the Kiel Canal to the British steamship Wimbledon, which was carrying munitions of war to Poland. The German Government was declared to be under obligation to pay damages estimated at 140,749 French francs to the French Government, which had chartered the boat. The remaining four judges, including Professor Schucking, the German judge, dissented from this decision...
...Court held that under Article 380 of the Treaty of Versailles Germany was required to keep the Canal open to all countries not at war with her. Germany is not at war with any country, and in any case at the time of holding up the Wimbledon a preliminary treaty of peace had been signed and ratified by both Poland and Russia, and a final peace treaty had been signed but not ratified...
...Justice should reign in making and also in interpreting treaties." These words, pronounced by Herr Schiffer, German Agent, ended the Kiel suit, which the Allies brought against Germany for debarring the British S.S. Wimbledon from entering the Kiel Canal-a fact said to violate the treaty of Versailles. The final decision of the Court is expected shortly...