Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-05

be- largely ON thr side or the insur-
tCctionists. iiut whether ur not the
neutrality laws have been strictly en-
forced. I, Is plain To- any students our
history who has given attention tu the
subject that they are antiuuatcd and
are IN great need of revision ana en-
mrgenput
our first neutrality acts were pass-
cd during Washinston's first admin
istration. ana they were put into
their present shaI. In ISIS Ai tn"
tim" oi their enactment they marked
great advance IN international law
and practice and gained for our
country much credit. Bu, they have
proved to he too limited IN their
scope NJ that time our land from
tier, both ou the north and the south.
VAS very sparsoly settled our inter
course with foreign nations WAS then
almost entirely by sea. and an cN-
animation of our neutrality code
shows that 1t applies chiefly tu mart
time matters. TN. great development
of our population both on the Next
can and Canadian border requires q
rv-oNnninntinn of the neutrality laws
hN our legislative and executive de
partncnts
The attention of congress has been
repeatedly called to this subject. and
that body has been urged To- the
adoption "i strictcr measures To- on
abb. the cNccutiN. To- more fully dis
charge its international duties of ncu-
trallty Following the omharrass-
mcnts on our southern border attend
ing the indcpcndcnCo of Texas, aud on
our northern frontier nv the cana.
dian rebellion. in 1888 President var
liurcn IN special message laid be
fore congress the defective character
~ our neutrality laws ana asked that
those laws be thoroughly revised ana
enlarged IN order to vest ia the oN-
ccutivo fun power To- prevent injuries
being inflicted upon ncighboring ma
tions hN the unauthorized and unlaN.
ful acts uf TIA. citizens ot the United
states coz other persons who may be-
within our jurisdiction and subject to
our control And later in his admin
istraiiun ho repeated these recon-
mcndatiuns The Fcnian plotting in
our territory and tn, raids into can
auN 100 iNtSlNtni arthur lN lNNf "
urge upon congress the prompt and
thorough treatment of the question,
which. h, said. intimately concerns
the national honor
Notwithstanding these urgent ap-
poals I" congress, the neutrality laws
OF 1918 remain unaltcrcd with all the
defects pointed ou toy successive
presidents The fact that defective
legislation dtcs not relieve or excuse
a nation from dischurging ~ intcrna
tiunul obligations was madu Vcry
clear after our civil war when our
government announced To- that ui
Great britain that NO sovereign
power can rightfully plead the de-
fccts of its own domestic pcnal stat
ut,S as Justification or entrntuation
oi an international wrons tc another
sovereign power and ia" Geneva ar
bitration tribunal confirmed this prin-
ciplr hy infliciing upon Great Britain
"a penalty OF SIS 500 0uG heUansc Ot
its defective legislation aud neglect 81
recognized thc Justice of our COM
plaint mad. thorough revision ot
hcr laws. ana NOW stands at ia" front
~ the nations In her neutrality lcsis-
mtlon Cnlcss We follow her example
wo snail continue to expose ourselves
to ~" just complaints ana reclnma-
tions of M,Nicu and Canada,