Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-12-12

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Test EWD. S. LEWIS, Sec,
+. SPAIN AND HER COLONIES.
Copy of communication addressed by Mr..
Canning to Scnor de Los Rios, Ambassador
from His Catholic Majesty to the Cour. Of
England.
"0Gce ofhe Secretary of State fir Foreign
.afnrs, March Is, 1926
"The undersigned Principal Secre-
tary Of State for Foreign Affairs to his
Britannia Majesty, has been charged
by his Sovereign to transmit to his ex.
cellency the Chevalier de Los Rios, in
! order that he NAV communicate it to
his Court, the following reply to the
| Official Note which NJ. Zea addressed,
on the Dist January, 1925, 10 His Ma
jesty's Charge d'Affaires at Madrid
"a great portion of the official note
Of M. Zea is founded upon a denial Of
the facts Of which report had been
made to the British Government rela-
tive to the state ofthe different coun-
tries OF South America. and upon the
anticipation Of events which the Court
OF Spain expects to lake place in those
countries, and which would triumph
antiy refute the reports received by the
British government. He therefore de-
clares it advisable to await the issue of
those events, rather than to oppose
assumptions to assumptions, or to rea.
son upon probabilities or conjectures.
On that decisive event as it appears to
be, the undersigned can only say that it
viii be great satisfaction to the Brit
ish government that it takes place be-
fore its intentions are ANNOUNCED res
pecting the other countries Of South
America. These intentions, at least,
can have no influence on the result of
the war " Peru.
a" The undersigned is charged 10
make only this single observation up
on that part of VI. Zea's note which re-
lers to the supposed inaccuracy Of the
facts which served as the basis Of the
resolution taken by the British govern
ment.
"rhe questions which remain TO be
examined are, whether Great Britain,
in ne iating with governments esta-
blished de fac,o and secure from for
cign invasion, is violating any princi-
pie ofthe rights of nations, or any po-
silive convention
To commence with the latter Of
these points, as being the principal &C
cusation against us, NJ. lea reproach.
Is US generally with an infraction of
treaties; but as he cites only two, those
of 800 and 1914, it may fairly be as
sumed that he relies on those only as
the especial support of his accusation.
"First, then, to that of 1905
"This treaty was concluded at the
commencement of the struggle of
Spain againt France, and was entirely
directed to meet existing circunstan-
ces; and, in express terms, it was trea-
ty OF peace, for the purpose Of putting
an end to the war which had suhsisted
between England apd Snaln since 1904.
1t is expressly designated, in the first
article, as treaty Of alliance during
the war, in which We were then i'm
plicated, in common with Spain, "a
gainst France. All the s,ipulations Of
the treaty had eviden, reference to the
declared resolution of the French Rul-
er, that he would maintain a branch of
his family upon the throne Of Spain,
and OF both the Indies; and we were
bound, Individually, n& to lay down our
arms until his projects against Spain
had failed, and his pretensions in re-
gard to America had been abandoned;
obligations of which England, as no
one can deny, has fully acquitted her.
self. This end, once attained, the con-
ditions of the treaty were fulfille.:; and
the obligations which it imposed, ne
cessarily ceased with the object to
which they had reference.
" The war Of the Peninsula having
been happily brought to a conclusion,
and his Catholic Majesty having been
re-eslablished, with the assistance of
England, on the throne of his ances.
tors, the treaty of 1914 was substituted
for that Of 1909. And what does this
last treaty contain? First, the express
sion Of the most earnest desire, on the
part ofhis Majesty, that Spanish Anne
RIGA should be again united with the
mother country; and, secondly, an en-
gagement to forbid English subjects
from furnishing munitions of war to
the inhabitants Of Spanish America
"This engagement was imme. lately
fulfilled, by Cabinet order issued in
1914; and TO extend these objects be-
yond the limits of the obligation pre-
scribed by this treaty, an act was pass
ed in 1919, forbidding English subject.
from serving in the armies Of the in
surgent colonies.
",rhe sincerity of the desire express
ed in this treaty is proved, not only by
the above measures, but by the reiter-
ated offers on the part of England to