The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-01

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xH al treasure laden Spanish sai-
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wsrs v<itE esrDsY ssesas and returned
.nrnessrnes srs8xhsed With she ssefiaess o.
sAe sa.sssx 81 South Aaserlc2, eosns.sni p,
fell q rsrn Prey to daring HsS- EOS az
yrxxs swozss enssEiez Of Spain, ana szAi's
we-. ulsss ~, sase.r rsesa eargcss 10 inss
ras.est s.seks.y where sS tradition - 10 "
t,assevea. rYraay he unrsciasnsed 20 US
ea@ what temptation thera II no" ZOE
f.,rn 10 risk their sTips ard thar Ases ~
guerrilla warfare on the ocssn II H1oos
aasxfsos. aass mus. remain so until a ueet
~ ursxas has been tsken ana sired Up IS
% yslue. Oas thing II surety aIesr.n.
has been nsft az fashion fer 4 third 81 .
century. abolished by sosassssa- OF oYsa-
len among the nagi0ns preb5b!y y would
have aiss out any gay for lack OF incsnf-
I've. since modern commercial nfethoess
havs brought about safer rssodes OF trans
porting great treasures, and the CROWN
o. great aaFirs and commercial Heels
cruising the gffermcst parts OF the sea
have given nations a common purpose In
establishing safety hy the suppression Oh
the rssga OF force.
The prevailing international code with
rsspsss 10 privafeering has been In vogue
siBce II sas established at a Congress os
na:s0ns called TO conclude The Crimean
M at Paris In isss. The parties 10 that
afresaae4sF were Great Britain. France.
Prussia. Russia Sardinia ard Turkey.
-Four articles OF the treaty. relate TO ques-
tons lnroiysd In prlyaieering. These are
the terms:
I. .Pslyassesias IL aud resnains abol-
4 Seusra. Gag covers snemy's goods.
with The exception OF eoHtraband Of war.
B. SsutsAa goods. with the exception Of
ccnffaEsand OF war. are not Liable to cap
taFe under The enssnys dag.
4 Hloeka,ieS in order To be binding
must hs esfeetivc-~shat IN TO say. main
tainsd by d force sufficient really 70 pre-
vent access TO The caass Of the enemy.
STATES not represented In the congress
~ Paris. among them the United States
ware invited 10 accede to this code. The
United States declined and defended pri-
Watering. Goods con.raband Of war;
are goods which By common consent are
held 10 be aids 10 bei'sgarency.
1 The fourth article IN commonly said
70 abolish paper bioekades." such as Ma
polsnn attempted TO establish in ISIS. when
he decrssi that any vessels belonging TO
nsutrass trading with British ports were
Gasls 10 seizure by French cruisersson the
high seas. The Southern Conf-deracy long
held thai the United States blockade was
passsr one only. because il did not efYec-
sasIiy close southern ports.
IN the case Of the South during the first
year az the civil war is to be found the
last sFasrn Of genuine priyateering since
TIA treaty OF Paris, La the wars of the
revolution and also IN Isl. the United
States had engaged quite extensively In
this mods Of naval warfare and with good
results Naturally the South. being IL
hke Desperate straits M tn naval arma-
meat caught 81 Il. The phase was of
short duration. but lasted long enough 10
ssad through the world a thrill Of expect
aney. Visions OF the black flag OF