The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-03


from de Londos Herald, June IA
~ The Blockade - Bscnos Ayrss
The n,ess nee published h. tbs Mofnins Herald yes
terday aud which ARMED by ibe feviot steamship u.s.
in far regards The news from the nsef fae oy no
means satisfactory la commercial and msnuiaeulns
country like England in which there Is scarcely family
who has eHbef either directly or indirectly con
neced with our import or export tfade' II y mai's ~
momentous Importance that The course OF ,ha' uads
should run smoothly and unnterupledly- should
be subject 10 sudden or violent fluctuations OF
more thai II should not De checked, o. whoi
" suppressed BIZ causes which ordinary foresight or
average craftsmanship might control The provinces
and countries known as South America ITO dc Ia rIaa,
the republic sc, have been long 30 disturbed
by coniendng factions and civil commotons that hei
great resources and many natural advantages os trade
and commerce have hitherto IN considerable deKrse
lain faow and have non been sufficiently developed oy
natives expofed In contnefc sense, by foreigners
The result is that the profess Of civilization is retarded.
and the chances of change and revolution ATE thereby IA
definitely multiplied Last year. indeed. Lord Malnes-
bury then presiding ut the Foreign Office, did as much al
in him lay 10 open the waters OF the Parana and Uruguay
lhefeby bringing the commercial produce OF South Amer
lea into The markets Of The world Bat since his lord
ships retirement from Office disturbing causts appear 10
have had much influence in those farof la'udes as
in countries home This greatly 10 be regretted,
for the table land Of The Despopado, and IN The more
elevated tracts OF the Argentine epnbHc cultivated
many productions necessary to our consumption and
manufactures any we import into Liverpool or Lon-
don The Manchester school OF politicians have OF 'ale
greatly concerned themselves about the OF In
da aud especially TO the possibility OF obtaining
large supgly OF from Hndostan but seems TO
have escaped the observation OF these gentlemen that cot
ton il cultivated in considerable and may be cultivated
on large SCALE in country TO which, when IN Once,
The principal Secretary OF State for Foreign Affairs under
Lord Derby devoted an attention productive Of Inc Des
results. a43 1
In May and June OF the past year Buenos Ayres was
tfahqu and there was every hope and expectation mat
the Ioson 81 the city and OF the province would have
improved gradually. But notwithstanding the accession
all the talents power al the close oil the past year
in England, the position OF Affairs Within the Argentine
lhs las, advises from Buenos Ayres Uquiza had issued
orders TO blockade The rcis This blockade, IN the alb
of her MaJeshs representative captain Gore, has
been notified TO The British merchants and ship masters
| by Mr.. Hood, our consul.
Considering the very considerable trade we carry on
with ibe States Of la Plata, more especially with Buenos
AyIes the largest and most pupulous among them pos
sessng line along the Hio de la Plata and The At
lanic above 600 miles 10 length, il becomes material 10
consider whether This . realty an effective blockade.
for is laid down by Vael and most Of the nrisls that
all commerce is entirely prohibited with blockaded port.
III lay siege 10 place., says VatteI, of only form
the blockade have tight 10 hinder any one from en-
terng, and enemy whoever attempts TO en-
teri And though this stric,ness has in some instances
been departed from in modern times yet in respect to
neutrals the only questions that arise are whether The
place is blockaded and whether the blockade suit
ccn,y notified. To affect British ships or British mer-
chants with the consequence Of breach OF this blockade
three things must be proved 1s The existence OF an &C
tual blockade; 2dly the ledge of The party; and,
lily. violation OF the blockade Il her by ingess or
egress The whole body Of international law on the
euUJcCt may De IOunQ III Inc GttlSioHs Oh
Scott. chiefly contained in the FIRST volume OF Robinsons
Admiralty Reports" From The law lucdly laid
down by that great luminary is clear that declaration
OF blockade unaccompaned by the fact Of the actual
sence Of the thing in reality. does not establish block
AIDE When Admiral JervIs declared during the last war
the West India islands in state oil blockade the lords
OF appeal held that The fact did support the Jeca
ration. blockade could be deemed legally to exist
II was determined in The OF The Be,sey that mere
proclamation that place is invested ia insufficient TO
constitute legal blockade For that purpose it is ne
cessay that the place should be invested by competent
force. The parties who formed the armed neutrality.
and Russia the principal party in the confedeacy, un-
derstood blockade in this sense-Dameiy, that there
should be actually stationed AT the place sufficient force
TO prevent the entry or exit of vessels. This doctrine
completely harmonlzss with the decision of Sir w Scott
IN the case OF The Vrow Judith, heard before the court OF
admiralty 10 January, 1899. "a bockad said this
great judge, sis SORT OF vallaoa round place,
by which all foreign connexion and correspondence is.
far as human power effect it, TO be entirely of Z"
Limitation such as this essentially necessary pre-
vent the abuse of the right oil blockade, and The exercise
OF the greatest tyranny under the OF such right
When. BY the Berlin decree OF The 2ls OF November,
1906 the whole OF the British islands declared in
state OF blockade, it is clear The essential crcum stance
The presence of sufficient force maintain the block
ade-wss wanting in order constitute its validity and
so lar as we can judge from the intelligence brought by
The Tevio The same necessary ingredient is wanting in
reference 10 The blockade Of Buenos Ayres The attempt
10 bockad 600 miles with three small nero
steamers, the largest OF which is commanded by an
American skipper, seems scarcely less preposcrous in
1888 than the attempt made and forty years pre-
viously 10 reference TO the British Islands by the Berlin
decree at is necessary, says Sir William Scott shat
the evidence of blockade should be clear and decisive.
that there should be complete investment and block ade
and can any one suppose that these requisites sup
Piled by Ufquiza's notification and the presence of his
three sleamers' declaration OF blockade is high act
oil sovereignty and Ills not IN the power OF any potentae
legitimate or de Jaco. 10 extend IT unduy in reference
British ships
! II yiscount PaImerson were at the Foreign Office,
British merchants would find their Just reclamaions in
reference 10 sham and paper blockades attended and
proper principles proclaimed and enforced But with
an Aberdeen first Lord OF the Treasury, and Clarendon
principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, are not TO
look tor spirit or veor either IN principle IN action
either IN word or in deed.
/ From the Providence Journal.