Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06

"a orally experienced before this
~~ ann very much the same sort Of
which lately vexed our Next
can border. Violation of territory Is
no new occurrence In American rec
ords, nor has 1t been rare in the re-
cent history of other powers Of the
civilized world.
The %dispatching of troops to the Dor
der by order OF the president for ex.
ample. is paralleled by the action taken
by Belgium and Switzerland in 1916
and 1871. when France and Germany
were al wal. The bullets in that wal !
die not fly off into neutral territory
IN any great number. None the less
some of the most murderous battles of
the Franco-Prussian wal we're fought
within sight and hearing Of neutral
ground. At Sedan. afte, a severe con
fict, the Germans captured the French
emperor and $4,000 of his troops with.
in ten miles of the Belgian line. On
this occasion the number of French
soldiers to escape into the protection
of neutrality was exceedingly small.
There were recriminations. however.
Oh both sides. The Germans com,
planned that the French fugitives
should have been more vigorously
treated in Belgium to prevent their
coming back to France to rejoin the
combatants. The French insisted that
German brigades had marched rough
shod over neutral ground to encircle
the French position. Belgium. fearing
to anger either of her important neigh
bors and anxious to maintain the in
tegrity Of her boundaries. was placed
in a very trying position.
The result was the calling out of
Belgian troops similar to that which
has just been witnessed. In January,
1871. when Germans and French clash,
ed at Amiens and at Rapaume. in dan
gerons proximity to the edge of the
French dOminions on the northeast.
Belgium concentrated an army of 49,
600 men opposite the exposed bit Of
boundary. There were no violations
Of territory. Great numbers of French
men escaped into Belgium. All who
came were disarmed and interned to
await the termination OF hostilities be-
fore they could go back.
Switzerland's Predicament.
A similar %predicament to that OF
Belgium faced Switzerland i'll Janu.
airy, 1871. The French troops III the
east Of the invaded state were driven
hooly aroircr TIM Svicc Prnntinr HNho
Swiss confederation feared that the
French might be tempted to make
! just such use OF a Swiss refuge as re.
treating insurrectos from Mexico have
made of their retreats on our side OF
the boundary. All the available force
Of the Swiss army was concentrated
to police the Swiss border. Sure
enough. on Feb. !. 1871, there came
Keeling over the line foot, horse and
artillery. in disorder. half dead with
cold and hardship. a French force OF
$4,000 e The Swiss commander
insisted on their immediate disarma
ment. A convention was drawn w
between the French and Swiss gen
erals, and according to its provisions
the big confused army was disarmeC
as rapidly as could be managed. Thu
10000 soldiers remained in SWitzer
land until the war was over and near
ly caused trouble between Switzerland
and France by interfering with tn
great peace festival held after tht
wars conclusion by Germans in thu
city where they happened to be quar-
tered.
In many cases border troubles hav
led to war between the states on who's
boundaries they started the blaze. Th
border troubles with Texas led first t
our recognition of Texan independence
and then. in 1S45. after All interval O
eight years. to our annexation of tn
territory followed by the war wit
Mexico. In the case Of the Boer wal
the Jameson raid. which preceded i,
had many OF the features Of a horde
raid Matched on supposedly friendly tel
ritory.
Our Trouble With Canada.
In the case Of the border trouble
OCS"SSh LAG ooiIA oAO Sdhdud out
ing the wal Of the rebellion the fee
ing of animosity engendered betwee.
the states and the Dominion was S
bitter as to cause the raising of tn
present tariff wall. which for NOR
than forty years has stood as a monu
ment to fortunately forgotten ill fee.
ing. In the events of 1864 along GU
northern border Canada's part wa
much the same as that played by u
during the past few months Mexica,
trouble. as the innocent host of refu
gees and plotters, while we with tn
civil var on u hands were in some
what the same relative situation a
Mexico with her Instruction is today
The year 1864 saw two flibustel
ing expeditions set out from Canada
territory to descend on our undefende
northern border. AS military force
the expeditions Of Young. the st. A
bans raider, and Burnley. the Lake Err
invader, were puny. None the les
they caused a great deal Of stir and ur
easiness. Both raids were presumabl
in the Confederate interasts. alfhouy