There was no question here of inter
fering in the quarrels of Europe. We
had a right to be neutral, and we were
neutral as to the quarrel between Ger
many and France, but when as an in
cident to the prosecution of that
quarrel Germany broke the law which
we were entitled to have preserved
and which she had agreed with us to
preserve we were entitled to be heard
In the assertion of our own national
right.
