New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-19

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been published. have turned up IN the shop of
London dealer. Here are some lines from one
of them:
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PAID Of the debt. leaving upwards Of $50 kn9w
oficer mentioned TO me when he first came must,
payments. at least some o. IT.
Samuel q. crandau in Treaties Their Max
ing and Enforcement" (Columbi, University
s.udies In Political SCIENCE. published by the
Macmillan Company, has brought together a
great deal of valuable information concerning
the rules governing international conventions
both in the United States and in foreign coun-
tries He reviews the treaty making power as
q existed under the Confederation and the shap-
ing Of the present power in the constitutional
convention 1t is clearly shown from the de-
bates that the House of Representatives was
Intentionally deprived Of any voice ir treaty
making. with the full understanding that trea-
,,as nevertheless were 10 have an infra-terri-
foriaI operation as laws OF the land Treaties
that in their nature are self-eNecuting may
modify domestic law without legislation. There
is some question II they were not intended to
modify even revenue laws without action of the
House Of Representatives. But in practice IL is
settled that as taxes only be levied by laws
originating in the House. the House must pass
an act conforming the revenue laws to the stipu-
lations Of the treaty before it can become opera
tive. Congress must also appropriate money
from the Treasury before any sum contracted
for by a treaty can be paid. There IS certainly
a moral obligation which the House has always
recognized, TO redeem the pledged faith Of the
nation. In England. though the King alone can
make treaties he is similarly under the necessity
of securing parliamentary sanction TO changes
in the revenue laws payments from the Treas
ury, and though he is not responsible for mis-
use OF the treaty making prerogative, Ministers
who cooperate with him may be impeached
Before the era of parliamentary control Of Min
listers, the houses were in this fashion able 10
check the King TO certain extent Mr.. Gran
dali made a thorough study of the government
archives, and gives plentiful references to the
original sources OF his information. We are
surprised. however, to see no mention In his
pages Of the extensive work on the same sub
ject by Mr.. Charles Henry Butler which might
Lave been or great assistance to him in the
preparation of his briefer essay.
In the same series Davi5 Yancey Thomas
gives "A History OF Military Government in
Newly Acquired Territory Of the United States -
While due attention is given TO the legal status
OF territory and the constitutional questions in
VOWED In Its government under military au-
thority. the volume is mainly a political his
tory % our various acquisitions during the early
period OF their rule by Americans. The reader
who reviews the controversies provoked by our
authorities in Louisiana and later in Florida
and the distrust awakened in the Spanish and
French populations, will be inclined greatly to
discount the modern complaints about Ameri-
can oppression" in Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. One Of the most interesting specimens
o. American military rule is that set up by
General Kea-ny in New-Mexico in 1876, Of
which Ed extended study is made The more
recent activities Of the United States in the
military rule OF Porto Rico and the Philippines
are more briefly noticed. the author believing
that they are too close 81 hand for trustworthy
judgment
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