New-York tribune., 1886-08-03
AN EXCEPTION TO ARTICLE V.
op1NIoXS on THE EXTRADITION TREATY.
,RoNoCNCED CLUMSY, HAsTY AND INADEQUATE
HOWARD VINCENT THINKS THE SENATE
SHOULD ADOPT II WITHOUT
HESITATION.
IBY CABLE TO THE TRiBUSE.l


coprrscht: 1soO; North A,neric1n abls Neics Co.
LoNpoN Aug. "a man who has filed the highest
most in the diplomatic service here takes serious excep
lion TO Article V. of the Extradtion Convention pend
hg at Washington. This article he regards not
only surendering the American position in regard TO
The trial of cxtradtcd persons for offences other than
the crime for which surrender granted. but as
beinr absolutely discrcditable to both governments
,incc the plain meaning is, that neither Government
can trust the justice and comfy of the other in regard
toextrlitcd 10 subjects in either State Article V. pro-
ydc that person surrendered by either State to the
other who may be acquitted of a special which
snrrender WAS granted must be free and allowed
10 escape and return to the State from which he was
surrendered This liberty being granted there is no
reason why criminal should avail himself of the
opporunty 90 anywhere else since he is not to be
detained The significance of this ord being precise
and important in the opinion of the diplomatist re-
Iercd to- it would have been consonant with dip
lonatic usage and conducive TO the interests of
iu,ticc that either Government should have been
authorized at the request of the other hold extra
dcd person until the proofs of his guilt in regard to
the new crime charged against him. should within n
reasonable time be furnished by the Government claim
inc him for trial. The clumSness and inadequacy of
this article we'll the unusual haste in its prepara
tion Is manifested in the tcrminology.
evidence that the intention of the ncgoators in draw
inc M the convention was to make it effective against
the physical force section of the Irish Nationalist and
as a means of strengthening the hold of Parne upon
Parliament or any party upon which that section had
permanent execution. Had justice between the two
countries been the dominant object of the convention
il Is the opinion OF the diplomaSt that more care ana
thought would have been given its provisions, and he
regards it as extremely dangerous that convention so
obviously hasty and inadequate should be allowed TO
block the way as it inevitably must, toward lasting
and satisfactory treaty.
Howard Vincent formerly so active in enforcing the
Coercion acts in Ireland. and making speciality,
rs a member of Parliament of criminal law and its
International relations. is of the opnon on the con-
trary that the proposed convention ought to be
adopted without hesitation by the United States SEN
ate on the ground that half loaf is better than
bread and for the express purpose he frankly de-
clares of putting stop to the organization OF dyna-
miters in America. Mr.. Vincent writes to-day:
Great Britain and the United States have accord
than almost any other two Nations IN matters OF ex-
tradition and this while their blood is their law
founded on common basis. their judicial systems
analogous. have sympathy with dilatory proceed
ngs in ANYTHING and after delay of more than forty
wears looking defects In the Treaty OF lo42 which
must have been apparent before the ink was dry.
saw half loaf is better than bread. Mr.. Phelps
deserves the thanks of every honest American for the
energy and common with which he has sought to
remove this black spot from Anglo Saxon jurispru
dence No honest American wants citizenship made
up of British fugitive criminals and the interests OF
every American are In the prompt vindcaton of the
law and no, in license to escape now from punish
meut Of the burglar swndler and outrage monger The
Senator of the United States stands on too high
pedestal in the civilized world TO be turned from its
duty America and humanity by criminal bluster and
political threats of men beyond the pale OF sympathy