The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-01
Flnxelnburs of the St. Louis Bar In part

Finkelnburg Of the st. Louis Bar. In part
| he said:
I, bas been ,aid tha. invioiabiii;~ Of person
snd property Is the onlv true basis on "n'eh
tho spiritual and material commerce be'"eeh
the nations can flourish and reach the reff.o'es'
oortio1, Of tho earth. and that therefore II
should be respected by all Civilized nations as
much az possible in war az In peace
Tho old practice va. 70 inH.ct the Eeatest
amour. OF injury and hardship uossibie-ths
modern practice IS TO iDfict the smallest amount
Of injury and hardship consistent with the ns-
se2Eties Of war.
International law OF today permits tho cap
.urs Of private property in war on land only
under certain exceptional circumstances. Wien
IN. e1,genc!es of tho mako 1t Imperative
for military Durposcs.
From an ethical standpoint such Iesaiired
appropr.a,ion Of the private property OF others
IN not calculated 10 strengthen tho respect fof
property rights in general or TO elevate the
standard OF legal conscionce among the people
From, an economical standpoint the enormous
,osse. indicted upon all maritime nations by
the nre.ent Eystsrn Of captures seem cut OF Ill
PROPORTIONS 70 the gains. Indeed. it IL doubt
fuI whether the losses thus inflicted upon Del
Iiyeren,s have any appreciabis influence on thS
anal result OF var or tend to shorten its d1-
ration, and yet. unless they do no. there 10 no
legitimate excuse FOR them. and the existing
practice peconrs a Tanton incresse of ne
harlships Of war and a wasteful destruction
OF values created by tho peaceful Industry OK
man.
After tho late Spanish War President Nc
xIniey. in a Tnessass TO Congress. spoke OF
this uractics ss the waste Of war, dhfnasing
all nations more or less by the state OF uneasi-
ra.. ard apprebeneion into which an outbreak
OF bos,iIities throws the entire c1nmerciai
world.
LET II, no. confuse this subject with that of
contraband: that statds on a different footing
Every belligerent nation must have the 1sr1
10 prevent its enemies from being supplied "ith
arms. munitions and other military supplieS
'ha, m me I, austrotPfussan War OF 1866 tins ori9-
clple of inyiolability was adopted By both
ptqinc'sie I'M in the Franco russian war without
feciprScai action on the part OF France.
peneIal n ' amendment 10 international law was
Urged upon the Hague Peace Conference OF
ba:sado White behalf of shs gHItea STAT, ties
and cordially sppported Ry c9un, ~; .ay ON With
in The scope OF the call under which the CON
ference assembled ana most OF the deirgntes
Sont.r.nee %as To- be especially called :or that pyr
sSaIIins OF such a conference In a recent mes
sage. st., ,,.- 81. ,-.s.,. mar q.
o,.ss s,s"h a Conference may bs called together
and that one Of the first achievements Of the
new century will be the abolition Of this merit
age az a ruder period, when the sunpansion OF
All property rights was considered neces@ary
Incident TO international warfare
EXCEPTIONS ARE TAKEN.
Issue was taken with Mr.. Ffnke1nburB
by Chevalier Adalbert Won StibraI Of VI
emma, Austria. He hold that shippers on
the hipil seas took th. ir own risk In time
Of war, and that they had no right to
extraordinary protection. and that seizure
was as much a mode Of warfare as was
actual combat
Everett r. Wheeler Of New York City
agreed with Mr.. F1nkelnburg and Moor
head Storey Of Boston deplored war in