Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-04-21
MEXICO ANDTHE UNITEDsTATEs
The Treaty of Commerce, Amity and Nayi gatiOn Needs Revision.
 Lower California


 Lower California.
 Recent events have caused examination into the existing treaty relations of the two countries and brought to the surface some facts In thIs connection which will be new tc our readers in both countries.
 In recent interview with Hon. W. Fl, H. Russell, of San Diego, sl which this subject Was referred to, Judge Russell said:
 ''Is is remarkable and unacc ountable that the governments ot the United States snd Mexico with such vast re- sources for intimate and profitable com meroial intercourse should be without proper treaty stlpulstiors.
 The tresty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo which was cOnsummated st the City of Washington, July f, lS4S. as amended and ratified between the ROvernme Of the United States and Mexico, Is some what vague and indefinite. Article XVII l of what document IS as follows: The treaty of Emiiy, commerce and navigation, concluded at the City Of Mexico on the 9th day of April, m the year of our Lord 1881, between the Unit ed states, Of America and the United Mexican States, except the additional article and except 50 far Es the stipula- tions of said treaty may bs Incompatible with any stipnlgtIoLs contained in the present treaty, is hsrt by served for the period ot eign: years from the day Of the exchange of ratificatiUns of this treaty, with the same form and virture as Incorporated ther, ID; II being under stood that each of the contracting par ties reserves to Itsei! tue right, at sny time after the said period of eign. yeRrs shall have expired, Co terminate tEe same by giving one ears uo;ics O' suck i0ien ion 10 tue ether psr.y.
 + k clear from tie above that the treaty fl 1881 Ess renewed from Jsly |, lSiS Tor eiEri years, which would brlag It ID to 1858.
 The treaty ofGuadslupe II dElgO com pleted Bs aforesaid iu lS4S, expressly pro- yides in Article VI and VII as 70 the ngvigatiOu ot shs Gulf Ot CsllforriA and Colarado rive. and of the UIia river and Braro del Norte, bu, it makes no provis- Ions whatever Rs to vessels flying the Mexican flag, entering American ports s very GrcGt oversight. However, it is expressly stipulated that vessels and citizens of the United States shall ID all llLutf. IhNt h AltG passage by the Cuff of CaiiforDia and by the river Colorado below its confines WIib the Gila, % ard from their possessions. north of the boundary iiEe, aud that the navigation Of the Gila and E arc rivers eloE the b. uudaEy shall be free GDd common to the vessels and citizens Of both countries. "Nui." gays the treaty. shall any tax or contribution under any denomination or title be levied upon ves- sels or persons navigating the same, or upon merchandise or effects transported thereon, except n the case of landing up- on one of their shores."
 Fully 5000 vessels enter the Mexican ports every year. Nearly two thirds of these float the Mexican flag, but as above ststed, they receive no treaty recognition when entering American ports.
 The failure on the part of the American Congress tO rstify the late reciprocity treaty with Mexico was a great blunder and one which Germany and other cOun- tries were not slow to take advantage of The trade relations between the United States aud Meuco now demand closer reciprocgl relations, and 1t Is tO be hoped that the apathy hereto lore shown by the Congress of the United States on this subject will be broken by the persistent demand of her people that 1t shall not longer stand n the wBy of complete reciprocity between the two countries.