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...submarines in the late was, for at that time there were no international laws restricting their operations. A. Meisling '25, delegate from Denmark, protested. He cited the large number of Danish ships sunk by submarines despite the fact that Denmark was natural. Meisling was for restricting them. G. F. Jentsch SG., delegate from Germany, claimed that submarines were no more dangerous to non-combatants than other weapons of war. S. Dabbus 1G., delegate from Turkey, gave a very interesting sidelight into the view of the entente as regards German submarine war fare, and said that he believed in the destruction...
...Jentsch, German delegate, said that mercantile vessels should not be armed so that submarines could safely give fair warning to the unarmed, merchant ships before sinking them, in order that passengers might save themselves. This point was hotly contested by N. C. Shen 2g., delegate from China, who eloquently proclaimed that the rights of peutrals should supersede those of belligerents. Although W. D. Macpherson 1G., delegate from Australia, sarcastically pointed out that Jentsch wanted the submarines protected by disarming merchant vessels, the delegation voted in favor of Jentsch...
...complete list of delegates follows: D. L. Thompson 1G., Canada; P. E. Pieris 1G., Ceylon; N. C. Shen 2G., China; V. A. Meishling '25, Denmark; Robert Francillon 1G., France; G. F. Jentsch 3G., Germany; H. E. Salt sp.L., Great Britain; J. W. Denis; Irish Free State; F. E. La Cauza E.S., Italy; G. N. Tanikawa 1S.L.A., Japan; Zygmut Rudolph E.S., Poland; H. I. Maximon E.S., Russia; J. Bird '24, South Africa; N. H. Field '25, Switzerland; Said Dabbus, Turkey...
Whatever the validity of Mr. Jentsch's arguments, however, undergraduate opinion will not tolerate such rudeness toward an older man and an honored guest of the University, as pervades the tone of his letter. The following quotation exhibits an attitude with which Harvard has little sympathy. "I proved that your other statements were just as misinforming as the one refuted here." If he is attempting to convince the University of the correctness of the German point of view, Mr. Jentsch would do better to employ more courteous methods...
Doubtless the CRIMSON debated the advisability of printing Mr. Jentsch's communication, and I believe that it erred in its final judgment...