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For ourselves, we feel very little interest in the so-called

Freedom of the Straits, except as regards merchant vessels. We most sincerely hope that no British Govern- ment will ever be so rash as to try to send a fleet of war- ships into the Black Sea. If we want to blockade the Black Sea, the proper place to do it is at the mouth of the Dardanelles. The narrow waters of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus should be in front of us and not behind us. However, the new rules, since they are accepted by the Turks, will do no harm. As an international agreement they will be filed in the Chancery of the League of Nations and placed under its guardianship. Anything which makes the League function is bound to do some good.

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