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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: whistled with bullets. And it was clear the incident must have
diplomatic consequences. Leary and Pelly both protested to Fritze.
Leary announced he should report the affair to his government "as a
gross violation of the principles of international law, and as a
breach of the neutrality." "I positively decline the protest,"
replied Fritze, "and cannot fail to express my astonishment at the
tone of your last letter." This was trenchant. It may be said,
however, that Leary was already out of court; that, after the night
signals and the Scanlon incident, and so many other acts of
practical if humorous hostility, his position as a neutral was no
better than a doubtful jest. The case with Pelly was entirely
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