The University Of Chicago War Papers Vol 1

Author : Harry Pratt Judson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267995479
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book The University of Chicago War Papers, Vol. 1 written by Harry Pratt Judson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The University of Chicago War Papers, Vol. 1: The Threat of German World-Politics The joint resolution adopted by Congress in April, 1917, declared a state of war to exist with Germany. Eighteen American ships had already been sunk by German attacks, and two hundred thirty-seven Americans had been killed. The attacks were not only on vessels of the United States. Piratical raids were uniformly aimed at everybody. One-third of the Norwegian commercial marine had been destroyed. In May, 1915, the Lusitania, a passenger ship, was sunk without warning, without giving any Chance for the safety of those on board. More than one thousand persons were drowned. Over one hundred of these were Americans, many of them women and little Children. In these German attacks on neutral rights and safety there was no remote resemblance to the acts of the British navy. While it is true that American commerce with Germany was hindered and in a large measure prevented by the British naval blockade, at the same time not one American life had been lost, not one American ship had been destroyed. It was wholly a matter Of property. Each claim on the British govern ment resulting from the blockade could be settled by courts of law, and damages could be paid in money. The only immediate effect on Ameri can prosperity was perhaps that the profits Oi American business might be double rather than threefold what they had been before the war. Further, the question as to the unlawfulness of the British blockade at best was in doubt. Very likely a suit before a court of arbitration on that ground would have gone against the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.