Freedom of the Seas Shortly after he arrived in Washington
Mr. MacDonald was taken off to Mr. Hoover's camp at the head-waters of the Rapidan in Virginia, where conversations were conducted in a woodland and mountain quietude. It is reported that in these conversations the old subject of the Freedom of the Seas was reopened. As we know, another road to agreement has been chosen, but maritime law may yet come into the question. It is useless nowadays to tackle the ancient dispute in the ancient terms. Everything has changed. Under the Covenant of the League and the Peace Pact a war-maker will be a law- breaker. No decent nation, least of all the United States; will want to assert its full rights of trade when that means helping a criminal. Moreover, if ever the United States is obliged to keep some troublesome small semi-civilized neighbour in order she may want to rely upon the laws of blockade as keenly as Great Britain herself desires to retain that Weapon.
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