The New York herald., 1875-12-07
TWEED AND ExrnAp1r1oN TREATIES.

It Is very certain that William NJ Tweed II not cap
tured before eectng his escape from the United States
In seeking fresh resting spot will avoid countries
with which have extraditon treaties. The crimes
OF forgery and OF embezzement by public officers
included in most Of treaties in force and as
demand 70. the rendition 81 the fugitive can be made
on either of the grounds named he would, II found
only enjoy short term Of liberty The United States
has altogether extradon treaties with fifteen govern
ments-eght European, two West Indian and each
with Central American, Southern American and South
African. We have also similar international en-
gagements with Mexico and the Sandwich
Islands. The European governments are Great
Britain Cncluding its colonies and dependencies,
France Germany, Austria Italy, Norway and Sweden,
the Swiss Confederation and Belgium OF course, all
these countries closed against Tweed unless he Is
willing to assume great risk, but Portugal, Holland
Denmark, Russia, Spain, Greece and Turkey open
besides the West Indian islands OF Cuba, Porto Rco
ST. John and ST. crox the two latter belonging Den.
mark We have no extradition treaty with the Powers
Just enumerated with Brazil, Chill, Honduras
Peru, Ecuador Guatemala, Argentine Confederation
Costa Rica the United States of Colombia sthmus OF
Panama. China or Japan. Therefore, there is very
wide field to select from, II Tweed once gets beyond the
clutches Of the law.
OUR ExTRAprrroS TREATIES
Our first extradition treaty was with Great Britain
august 1912 and provides for the reciprocal deliy-
der piracy, rape, arson and forgery The treaty with
France april lS44) covers murder uncluding pasr
eide, nfancide and poisonngl rape, forgery, being
principal, accessory or accomplcc in coming or know
ngly passing counegteit money Ylih intent TO dsirAd
and embezziement by public officers The Ansstrian
treaty december 1850 IS Of the same tenor The nu-
mcrous treaties with Prussia and minor German states
are now consolidated pyacticaly in with the Ger
man Empife forgery Is One OF the offences for which
a fugitive can be extradited. The treaty with
lay prqydesfor forgery which Is understood TO be
the Writing Of forged papers the counterfeiting Of
public, sovereign and public acts" and embezzng
public moneys by public officers or depostors.n The
treaties with Hayti, the Dominican Republic Orange
Free State, Mexico the Sandwich Islands, Sweden and
Norway, Nicaragua and Venezuela, substantially
Instances the breaking into an inhabited house Is
tSoned. and that certain offences in Of conviction
must carry with them an Infamous punishment
THE BELGIAN TREATY.
Our latest cxtradition treaty Is with the kingdom OF
Belgium. II was negotiated principally TO cover the
case Of Carl yogt German, who charged with
committing atrocous murder In the former country
He fed tho United States and arrested in this
city Our government declined TO give him up to the
treaty existed between the two governments. Ger
many then made demand for his rendition, which,
though yielded to BY the federal courts Of New York
the State Department at Washington overrued
the decision. Belgium had long declined to
negotiate treaty with tho United States tho
obstacle being that, according TO her laws
a Belgian subject no matter where he committed q
crime, and who happened to be captured In Belgian
territory or Jurisdiction should be tried by the laws OF
Englishman or Frenchman was fugitive from justice
in the United States he might be surrendered but II
Belgian subject he could not be surrendered however
he could be tried for the offence pcrpetraed abroad in
the courts Of Belgium The Vogt the
OF rcopenng negotiations the subject and
the result that the Belgian Chambers
passed law providing for the reciprocal rendition
OF ugitives from justice with foreign countries
Thirty classes OF crimes enumerated. Among them
are:-Forgery In documents or in telegraphic de-
spatches and the OF such counterfeit dispatches
bills, notes bonds; theft swinding peculation
embezzlement committed by public functionaries; kid
mapping, conccament substitution Of infant;
breach OF trust deception; subornaton OF witnesses
experts or interpreters, false swearing, treaty
bracng the principal features Of the Belgian law has
been concluded between that country and the United
States and is now in force Yogt, under H. has been
sent TO Europe for trial
LAW DOES NOT REAcH
The preceding information possesses unusual interest
at this moment II Will appear strange that the United
States should have extradition treaties with
many European countries and that Russia should be
among the number Portugal and Greece delightful.
countries In point OF climate and beauty, and che
Netherlands be availed OF by fugitive criminals for
q comfortable residence. Spain and Turkey may not
be 80 desirable but still great offender like Tweed
can live there In safety At all events, once outside
Sandy Hook Tweed steer hs bark either Of many
lands the Eusopcan American Continent, or
West India Islands where process Of law reach
him with the OF bringing him back 70 New York.