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WE DEFEND h on the ground nat while ts aecspted Law ~
nations permits me practice against which We aolemnly and sin-
eepy protest AZ ths tme, there q nothing b. tms Law which eem-
rla q government 10 permit i and te records show That his
Government especially and thus8 of other civilized nations have
been soduloas in che conservation Of The right y prevent ne e-
narration II munitions of war when occasion appeared TO them 70
demand Il and many Instances Of the exercise Of this right may be
found in The history o. the United States
WE QUOTE, in support Or the latter assertion, the following
easeai
l. On March 20. 1904, Congress provided for an embargo Of
80 days.
q On April II. 1874 this embargo was extended by Congress
g. On May ~, 1894, the expectation Of munitions Of war was
prohibited BY Congress for Tho period OF one year
4. In 1907 a general embargo was instituted by congress.
g. On April 6, 1872, a general embargo was provided for by
Congress.
g. On April %, 1898, the expectation Of coal and arms was
prohibited by act Of Congress.
T. In 1905 President Roosevelt issued a proclamation under
the aforementioned Act ~forbidding the expectation Of arms,
ammunition und munitions Of war to the dominican Republic
g. On March IA, 1912, Congress provided for an embargo on
the expectation Of arms, etc, to any American country where
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revolutionary conditions exist; and on the same day President Taft
placed an embargo against Mexico.
9. In 1913 President Wilson placed an embargo on arms, etc.
against Mexico.
10. In 1898 the German Government prevented the shipment
of arms, etc, to Spain
H. Since the beginning Of the present war practically all OF
the neutral States Of Europe have placed embargoes upon the ex-
narration of arms and other munitions Of war.
70. In 1853 the British Parliament authorized the British
Government at any time to lay an embargo on the expectation OF
arms and ammunition; and when, in 1870, the German Government
asked that of Great Britain to put the Act in effect, Her Majestys
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs replied: 1T il
true the Parliament has authorized us to put an embargo on the
expectation of arms and ammunition. =. 1t is a purely municipal
and domestic matter. We put it on or leave it off in accordance
with the interests Of our own people"
WI HOLD, in conclusion, that the interests Of our country
at the present moment demand that this accepted right of our
Government be exercised promptly and effectively, for in no other
way can life be given to those eloquent words of your own
Proclamation of Neutrality: 1--WE must be neutral in fact as yell
as in name, and we must put a curb on every transaction which
might give a preference to one party in the struggle over
another"