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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...
...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...
...Louis 14 seven-passenger automobiles took the Presidential party from the train. Mayor Kiel presented the first lady of the land with a bouquet of orchids, natives of seven tropical countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ceylon, Mexico, China, India, Guatemala. All of them had been grown in the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the afternoon the President spoke to a convention of Rotarians and in the evening addressed an audience of 12,000 on the World Court...
...Germany is summoned by the Allies to appear before the Court with reference to refusing to allow the British steamship Wimbledon to pass through the Kiel Canal. (Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles the Kiel Canal must remain open to all vessels of all nationalities at peace with Germany.) The Wimbledon was carrying munitions of war to Poland. Germany contends that to have allowed the ship to pass through the canal would have been an act prejudicial to her neutral attitude. The Allies maintain that a preliminary treaty of peace ending war between Poland and Russia was ratified...