On the Fact that Even Though the Declaration of London of 1909 (an Agreement Asserting that Food Could Only Be Viewed as Contraband if it Was Being Directed Towards the Enemy's Military and Not its Civilians) Had Never Been Approved by Britain's Parliament, it Was Still Recognized by its Admiralty Due its Consistency with International Law

It was of course thrown out the window completely for the entirety of World War 1 as the British navy blockaded every inch of the North Sea resulting in at least 500,000 noncombatants being starved to death. And who was behind this? Yep, you got it, a young Winston Churchill, man of the century............or so we're told.