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Great Britain's Sea Policy / A Reply to an American Critic, reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' cover

Great Britain's Sea Policy / A Reply to an American Critic, reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly'

Chapter 14: Pamphlets on the War.
By Gilbert Murray
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The essay answers an American critic who accuses Britain of abandoning legal restraints at sea, arguing that such charges misrepresent both facts and motive. It contrasts two strains in British foreign policy—pragmatic self-interest and liberal idealism—and defends continuity as requiring compromise between them. The author explains that the Declaration of London was never enacted and thus cannot be treated as a broken promise, places naval measures in the strategic context of an island power dependent on sea control, and discusses how efforts to avoid war shaped concessions over prize, blockade, contraband, and neutral interests while rebutting accusations of sheer might-making-right.

[1] Judicial Committee of Privy Council, in the Zamora case, April 7, 1916.

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Transcriber's Notes:--

Page 8 "under present-day conditons" changed to "under present-day conditions"

Page 14 "What would be the conditon" changed to "What would be the condition"

Page 27 "interesting and imporant." changed to "interesting and important."

In the original, the Chapter heading VI is omitted. Comparison with the equivalent chapter in Murray's collection of essays "Faith, War and Policy" has been made and the chapter heading inserted in the equivalent place.