Word: harte
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lieut., J. Gazzam '18; Cadet 2d Lieut., D. C. Hawkins '20; Cadet Sergts., C. F. Zukoski '19, D. Lowell, R. L. Mixon '17, E. C. Whittemore '19; Cadet Corpls., L. Lane '20, J. H. Spitz '17, A. P. Little 1GB, D. Klein, W. W. Putnam uC, E. D. Hart '19, H. V. McEldowney '20, R. W. Caldwell uC, A. S. Potter...
...article in yesterday's New York Times, Professor Albert Bushnell Hart '80 sets forth clearly the facts of the case concerning the German merchantmen interned in our harbors. At the end of his argument he comes to the conclusion that the United States should without delay take over all such vessels...
...summary of the treaties and international law bearing on the case, Professor Hart points out that it is clear that any provision therein made or proposed was for the purpose of giving "to innocent owners of vessels and cargoes which happen to be caught in what becomes an enemy's port an opportunity to save their ships and lading." Neither the treaties nor the law, however, foresaw nor took account of the peculiar circumstances of the German ships in the ports of the United States...
...down the opinion that the sovereignity of the United States extended to the confiscation of enemy property, and stated that "a declaration of war does not in itself enact a confiscation of the property of the enemy--but that power of confiscating enemy property is in the legislature." Professor Hart points out that in any event the war powers of the President would allow him to take over the ships and leave the question of their confiscation to be settled later...
...conclusion, Professor Hart says: "The United States from ocean to ocean is grieved and shocked at the prospect of war with Germany, and would have accepted any honorable settlement; but it would be dishonorable to allow our commerce to be destroyed or excluded from the high seas as the price of peace. The behavior of the officers and crews of the German merchant ships in our ports is one of the many proofs that it is impossible to preserve peace with a nation which so contemns the dignity, rights, and laws of the American Union...