Excerpt from The Scottish Geographical Magazine, 1920, Vol. 36 There appear to be thus no good reasons to Object to the recent allocation of Spitsbergen, provided, Of course, that existing British rights, which are recognised by the Foreign Office, are not prejudiced, nor undue preference Shown in the future to Norwegian trade interests. It must not be forgotten that it is to the British Navy that Norway must look for protection, the navy that during the war deprived the Germans Of access, and prevented them from seizing the islands, as they had intended to do when victorious. Norway did not help to defeat the common foe, and is the only neutral that SO far has gained considerable new territorial possessions without naval or military effort. She is therefore morally, if not legally, bound to be friendly to the Power that has suffered SO greatly in the struggle, and has at the same time magnanimously waived any further claim to sovereignty over Spitsbergen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.