 | Mary Lesley Ames - 1909 - 580 sayfa
...solemn warning, which are rarely heard in diplomatic circles except on the eve of actual hostilities, 'It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.' But on the 8th of September he received a note, which saved Europe and America from incalculable evils,... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1910 - 460 sayfa
...that had been described in Seward's letter to him of July llth, and summed it up in the apt phrase: "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." Further discussion on his part he feared would be useless. Lord Russell apparently agreed with him.... | |
 | Richard Barry O'Brien - 1910 - 346 sayfa
...ready to leave the Mersey. Mr. Adams warned Lord John Russell (September 5) of the fact, saying, ' It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is an act of war.' Lord John Russell replied, September 8 : ' Lord John Russell presents his compliments... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1911 - 728 sayfa
...ready to leave Laird's shipyards, when they were stopped by Lord Russell, to whom Adams wrote curtly, " It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war." The damage done to the commerce of the United States by the Alabama and the other cruisers built in... | |
 | Frederic Logan Paxson - 1911 - 268 sayfa
...debates of March, wrote his final note of protest, in which he used words that have become historic: "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war." It was a fortunate accident that Adams's letter of the 5th crossed in the mails a further note from... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1913 - 208 sayfa
...English-built ships, he observed as calmly as though he were summing up a mathematical demonstration : " 'It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war. ... In my belief it is impossible that any nation, retaining a proper degree of self-respect, could... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1913 - 410 sayfa
...took the responsibility of stopping her, and eventually purchased both vessels. Adams's quiet hint, "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war," came after orders had been issued for the detention, but was a hint which could not be mistaken, and... | |
 | 1913 - 984 sayfa
...reserve, and, after a long series of vain protests, Mr. Adams said in the language of solemn warning, "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war." Thereupon the British government ended the controversy by buying the two vessels and adding them to... | |
 | 1913 - 638 sayfa
...Protests even then were in vain, and it was not until Mr. Adams wrote down the famous words, " It is superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war," that the rams were stopped and English ports ceased to send forth privateers. In the great life-and-death... | |
 | James Alton James - 1914 - 606 sayfa
...interfering. To this Mr. Adams instantly replied that he received the communication with great regret, adding, "It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war." Lord Russell hastily reconsidered his opinion, and ordered the rams to be stopped. He afterwards, as... | |
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It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war. 
