...to believe that such things would in fact be done by any government that had hitherto subscribed to humane practices of civilized nations. International...respected and observed upon the seas, where no nation has right of dominion and where lay the free highways of the world. By painful stage after stage has...

...spoken of the dastardly deeds of the U-boats after the restriction had been removed, he observed ' I was for a little while unable »to believe that...had hitherto subscribed to the humane practices of civilised nations.' Later on in his speech, referring to the criminal intrigues- of Germany in America,...

...unmistakable marks of identity, have been sunk with the same reckless lack of compassion or of principle. I was for a little while unable to believe that such...things would in fact be done by any government that yhad hitherto subscribed to the humane practices of " civilized nations. International law had its...