The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-20
rHr nErrxUE ourrEns ON YArnoE.
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the Cnhnna and Inelp spain.

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.ne SuE'oihe"eo enu oopIuro vi Nesseis carry
inB arins ohu munitions vi war 10 inc Supah
rovolutiohlSts, Is most tlmoly.
This practice was inaugurated by the Glove
land Administration, and, like a great many
other practices of that unfortunate regime, IL
10 unautnorizeu oy law ana inconsistent Win
Jul hou'rai oonpaIions'
n oni'eu otuVeS sup 'oiueo court. IN inc oaso
OF Wioourg VS.. tho united states uo3 U. 5. IT,
oSE'' constituting inc neutrality laws, held:
That II is no offence against the laws of the United
States to transport arms, ammunition, and munt-
aonsv " VIZ i,om ms country v "ny toreish couh'
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country. for indiv,du.Is 10 ,envs tho country 70 enlist
in foreign military service.
Nor ia IL important that they fpersons leaving the
United States for the seat Of war; Intended to make
war as an Independent body or in connection with
others. Where men go without combination and Or
gahization to enlist as Individuals In q foreign army,
they do not constitute such military expedition
Qoroidden by the statute).
Nor Ia IL an offence against the United states to
transport persons out OF this country ana TO lana
them In foreign countries when such persons had an
intent to enlist in foreign armies.
oa'nee Sea'ns, .ne laws OF ut on,.ea s.s.es
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vided those persons had not combined and organized
themselves In this country.
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iShiO Soulb hic III u WIN JIG INJURY unu
WV unuof MI Ii
'ialione up tho INT ol Mr. 'leFclahu'
III i'oo Fresiucht "asnihgton oruereu IN
structions TO DO Issued TO Collectors, or which
the following Is n spccimen:
The purchasing within and exportiny from tho
United States by way OF merchandise articles com.
monty called contraband, being generally warlike in.
struments and military stores. is free to all the par.
ties at war. and Is not to be intcrfered with. II our
citizens undertake to carry them to any OF these par
ties. they will DO abandoned to the tenalttes which
the laws of war authorize.
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livelihood of some Of them To sunnrsss thar emil.
ing, the only means nerbnns of their suhsi.terc, he.
cause a war exists in foreign and dtstant countries
in which we have no concern. womb sr,r,e,v be er.
pected. II would be barl I'm principle and impossIble
I'm practice. The law of nations respectinp tho
rights OF tbose nj neace does not re,u,re or than
such an internal deranvement of their O ,cunat,ons.
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Al i0f-
Mr.. Becarregas declares that his Government finds
itsett under the necessity OF protesting solemnly
against the aggressions which the citizens OF the
United States are reitcrating upon the Mexican terri.
tory n nf lnnla - la N ..tti an.-n- 49,. ~
will consider as a violation of the treaty Of amity the
federation of that course of conduct which he alleges
intlicts the Inconvenience and injuries Of war. The
President exceedingly regrets both the senti.
ment and the manner of this declaration.
~. 1t can aa,n' OK out one answer The
w ~. y ~ n.e '"' "ove'nmen'
! aries In every other department ia restrained and
puided Inv rho cons,itutio, and tho 40. n, Tho Lad
Neither the Cops,i,u,,o, n ,bo Law :, ~. lon, Nor
prlncIp,e, known IN Tho nsayes NJ modo-r s,a,.s
authorize him 10 int.rdict l,ufu, trndo rotw.on Nh,
uuited Stotes and Texas n r r., nrav.,t ,r .t,ou,, 30
prevent individuals from Having the rr,,tad state
for Texas or any other foreign country.
:. in Ia ihess"se U Congress
III becehhoer' 1903. saia:
The laws OF the United States do not forbid their
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his ,c,s do NOT ,pvoiv. nv hr.."b -, - va
tralItv nor of themselves i,unlica,s IN, Gorornran,
Thus, during til. progress of the present war
in Europe, our citizens have, without nntiop,l
responsibility. therefore. sold gunrowder and
arms to all buyers. regardless Of the destination of
those articles. Our merchantmen have been, and
still. continue to he, largely employed 10y Great Brit.
ain and France in transporting troops. provisions,
and munitions Of war TO the principal seat OF mill.
tary OPERATIONS ana IN bringing home the sick and
"ouhuea Soia'erS' Out such use OF our mercantile
MARINE 10 nh'ern'c'"a os tine International or by
oi Nv ta"' " ',e,or uocS u compro'
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MIR. Hall, In his treatise on international law,
says:
In 1870, during the Franco.German war, nearly
1.aO0 Frenchmen embarked at New York in two
French ships the Lafayette and the Vile de Paris.
Tor the purpose OF Joining the armies Of their nation
al nome, They were not onicered or in any way