Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-05
John w. Foster, Foremost Au.
thority Addresses Peace
Congress and Uses Present
Revolution as Example.
PRESENT STATUTES
IN NEED OF CHANGE
President Should Be Empow.
cred to Stop Carrying Of
Arms Across Border: Other
Radical Features.

'"' G,e"i"s Uev.,d \. y. I.n.rd W,r.I
baltimore. May o. John " Eos
ter former s,ctctar, Of state. and one
"i me foremost authorities nn inter-
national law. ~ an nddr.re N. fore the
Ihifd National Peace confrrrnc, here
today declared that the principal les-
Son "i tho present conditions un thu
Mexican border was the need of bet.
ter neutrality laws Mr. Foster sue-
S"s'cd three notifications which. M
ms opiinon, the present laws should
undergo.
First. some restriction should b.
placed upon the free commerce az a
mercantile commodity Of arms and
munitions OF war. and ,uwcr should
Dc conferred upon the president To-
unit or suspend. in his discrs tion
th"ir export across m, border ia time
"t disturbance or inyurrccton
SECOND, II should Dee made unlnN-
tul Tor americans 1" enter the mill
tnrA service of any power o. chirf at
VAR With u nation With winch No are
at p'ac". II was Tho personal aid of
Americans that gave strcngth 30 the
canadian rebellion $40 lN3N. tn the
tate insurreclion IN McNicn and tn the
recent civn wars In Nicaragua and
Honduras. In this respect ih, laws
ct Great Britain. France aud other
countries are IN advance or ours The
British foreign enlistment act of lNtn.
makes IL unlawful for any british
subject 60 enter thu military service
"i any power az MAR with H nation
with which IL government H. az
peace, aud u subjects them 90 honvN
Tin" aud imprisonment In al its
~ utraiitf Vaccinations on th,
breaking uut of hostilitles in other
nations thr british government mott
fios its subjects pt the penaltirs the,
VIII Incur under thrlr own laws. ana
II further warns them that they Nin
enter such service az thcir own porii
~ no wise OBTAIN amy protection from
their oNn government. and must SUE
fer such penalties a. the rn'mN mas
inflict upon them Wc certainly
should do No less than this
''rhrd greater power should bo
conferred ANON thc president. n TIM,
90 civil dis,Urhanc, on the frontier.
10 limit OF prohibn Intercourse across
the hurdtr. tn prevent thr abuse uf
ana in his discretion 10 onforc, mar.
tial law ON our soil within the zono ol
disturbance.
Defects of our Neutrality IuNA'
was Alr Fosters subject IL, said In
part.
In thc intercourse of our country
With foroisn nations II is our FIRST
ana most important dutN To preserve
the peace aud cu''lNnto relations of
friondship with uUr cutcrminous
ruiglNors Ana y,t Within the last
few weeks No have seen local disturb
ancvs ~ The northern states Of. Mex
icu famed into the flames uf war
along the boundary Tine aud our en-
tire population astoundcd by the rapid
concentration on tho frontier of u
larg" portion ot our armA equipped
Tor HOSTILE operations Those bcs, IN
formed tell rs mat THIS lamcntablc
condition of affairs has been brought
about Mrgrls bN the abuse of foreign
rrs Of the CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY of thu
United states and by the active par
ucipntion ot American citizens. Greui
Quantities oi arms ana munitions OF
war. eNading our custom huusrS, have
been surrcptitiouslN introduced into
Mexico. Large numbers of American
citizcns, both singly ana in bands, ic-
routrcd for war. have OPENLY crossed
the frontier ana Joined tho fnrccs
which are seeking To oVorthruV a
government with which Nr are ai
u.acc; and when worstrd in hattle
have sought refuge within oar bor-
drrs. only to return ai will aud take
par, ia a contest In which wc should
property I've neutral \ su-stvlcd
provisional governor ot chihuahua
has openly established his office at
III Paso TcSas. and thorefrom issued
his orders and carried on wnrlike cor
rospundrnce across the frontier
Will, insurreotionar chiefs in other
localities an American territory we're
actively plotting against the "stab-
lishcd government al M"xicn,
II is not necessary that we sh"uld
consider the merits uf the contr"-
NcrsN Ia Mexico to pass judgment
upon the condition of affairs on our
southern border Every patriotic
American citiz,n who has regard fur
the honor ot his country and It's rep
uiation among the nations of the
earth must doploro thos, events and
Inquire whether thcr" IL not "A rrm-
.dy for them am satisfied that
thor, has been a sincere desire on TIA"
part ui the president aud his cabinet
IT, enforce u strict observance ni our
neutrality laws am not :" certain
that a similar spirit has existed ON
m. pnit ~ the iocal authorities 9th
~ federal or state. along IN" frontier.
Nher" ih' popular sentiment seems /"