Word: zone
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Council result merely in financial loss to the United States, Germany's warfare, on the other hand, is aimed at the lives of American citizens. Let us examine, for a moment, this contention. Germany declares, to be sure, that the lives of Americans entering the recently established war zone are thereby endangered, and repudiates all respon- sibility for their safety. But have we forgotten that it was the British Admiralty which, in November, 1914, took the initiative in debarring the citizens of neutral nations from a portion of the European waters by setting aside a zone in the North...
...only ask: "What regard has the British Admiralty shown, during the course of the war, for the rights or convenience of Americans on the seas? One naturally feels prompted to ask further: "If the loss of American lives, resulting from our insistence on entering the war-zone established around the sea-coast of the Entente Powers, constitutes a casus belli, why may we not put into practice the sound policy embodied in the ill-fated McLemore Resolution, tabled, contrary to the best conviction of the majority of our Congressmen in response to dictatorial party pressure brought to bear upon them...
...throw ourselves into the conflict and avenge the death of these blockade-runners by the sacrifice of a thousand times their number--doubtless the dead will rest easier in their graves. I us retaliate for our loss of ships by offering our entire merchant marine, out of the war-zone as well as in, as food for submarines. Let us paralyze our country's life and ideals by adopting universal military service--by all means! Why can we not weigh the issue? If it is humanity, will not more American lives be lost in war than by conditions...
Because on May 4, 1916, the German Government replied that 'in accordance with the general principles of visit and search and the destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law such vessels, both within and without the area declared a naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives unless the ship attempts to escape or offer resistance...
...German Government announced its intention of abrogating its agreement of May 4, and of defying the President's warning of May 8. In order forcibly to prevent all navigation to and from the Entente countries, the navigation of neutrals being expressly included, Germany now defined a zone surrounding the Entente countries and announced that 'all ships met within that zone will be sunk...