Word: crew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...important issues made it desirable that this one should be kept in perspective. Quickly Government spokesmen made cold and quiet statements: although the U. S. position was that City of Flint's, voyage was legal, Germany acted according to international law in seizing the ship, putting a prize crew aboard, declaring the cargo contraband. True, nations have never been able to agree about what is contraband. But that is what is argued about in prize courts...
...much vehemence as is compatible with the strength of its case. It may try to gain the ship's release, lay the basis for claims for damages after the war. If the belligerent captor, hard-pressed by enemy raiders, sinks the neutral vessel, procedure is for the crew and ship's papers to be taken off, the crew for the sake of humanity, the papers to establish the belligerent's case that the cargo is contraband...
...affaires in Berlin, made informal inquiries, reported the German claim that inadequate charts had forced the City of Flint to take refuge at Murmansk. What Germany demanded of Russia was not known. What the U. S. wanted was clear: it wanted information about the whereabouts and welfare of the crew. Coupled with U. S. playing down of the case, that looked like leading with the deuce. But it turned out to be a big card. Property rights are controversial in such cases; human rights are plain...
...Affairs Vladimir Potemkin promised thin-featured, intense U. S. Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt full information as soon as it was available. Seldom has a simple request produced such odd results. The U. S. was absolved from taking a stand until the promise was kept. Russia announced that the German prize crew had been interned. That would imply that the ship would be released to its U. S. crew. Ambassador Steinhardt pressed for more information. Russia announced that the German crew had been released. That would suggest that the ship should sail under her German crew within 24 hours. Ambassador Steinhardt pressed...
...decision, eventually released the Appam), she would antagonize Germany. While Germany had put Russia on the spot, as she had put the U. S. on the spot with the Appam in 1916, the U. S. evaded the legal tangle, hammered away at its unquestioned right for information about the crew...