29 JANUARY 1916, Page 2

It is evident that the Cabinet., while most anxious not

to do anything which is really unfair to neutrals, or which would provoke an outburst of anti-British feeling, are determined not to allow neutral traders—for that is what it comes to—to veto our siege of Germany in order to carry on a trade lucrative " beyond the dreams of avarice." We have told, and we must continue to tell, the neutrals, said Sir Edward Grey, that they must assist us in distinguishing between the things which are bond-fide meant for them, and what is in reality meant for the enemy. " If the neutrals do not admit our right to prevent trading with the enemy through their ports, they are in fact departing from neutrality."