Judgment was delivered on the Kiel Canal suit (TIME, June 25, July 16, July 23).
Nine judges agreed that Germany had no right to refuse passage through the Kiel Canal to the British steamship Wimbledon, which was carrying munitions of war to Poland. The German Government was declared to be under obligation to pay damages estimated at 140,749 French francs to the French Government, which had chartered the boat. The remaining four judges, including Professor Schucking, the German judge, dissented from this decision.
The S. S. Wimbledon was refused permission to enter the...
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