AND ITS PROBLEMS WITH APPENDICES CONTAINING THE CHIEF BY SIR THOMAS BARCLAY MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; AUTHOR OF "PROBLEMS WITH AN ADDITIONAL CHAPTER ON MOSLEM FEELING BY THE RT. HON. AMEER ALI, P.C. UNIV. OF LONDON CONSTABLE & COMPANY LTD 10 ORANGE STREET LEICESTER SQUARE WC PREFACE HOWEVER warranted may be the indignation the war has excited, it is well to hear both sides on the subject; and alongside the question of the injustice of the war is that of bringing it to an early termination. This volume appears while the ultimate result seems still remote. The author hopes that it may contribute to the formation of a public opinion which more than the military and naval forces of either side may force a peace honourable to both belligerents and satisfactory, in some degree at least, to the public conscience of Western Europe. The valuable and interesting chapter for which he is indebted to his friend, Syed Ameer Ali, shows how desirable it is that whatever terms are concluded, they should constitute an ample indemnity to Turkey. The author has been called to task for suggesting any other solution but Italian evacuation of Tripolitana and Cyrenaica, and, if justice prevailed in the history of nations, this ought, no doubt, to be the solution. As, however, it seems now too late to prevent the commission of the offence, the only course is for the offender to make amends, and this as between nations, in such 253180 |