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"A PETITION

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with t-affpsteesa D. Instrumental n releneina any eqhait into
whbh Sister haNaba have ten ~ may NJ plunged
WE nrFHNp lei o ie ground mai while ne accepted law
nations permits The pmflfs againat ehhh We aolennH ana H'
fsFsiy protest AZ tia time. athefe H. nothing Ia this lnw which com.
tis q government e. permit ~ and me records show hat ~@
Government especially and those of othf civilized nations have
been sedulgus IN che conservation Of he right % prevent The 81.
poriaton q munitions u war when occasion appeared e them %
demand Il and many instances On The exercise Of Ibis nsht may DO
found in che history Of the United States
WE QUOTE, in support Of The latter assertion the following
l. On March 20, 1874, Congress provided for an embargo o.
e. On April IA, 1894, this embargo was extended by Congress
to May 25, 1894.
g. On May 22, 1894, the expectation Of munitions Of war was
prohibited BY Congress for the period Of one year
A. In 1907 a general embargo was instituted by congress
6. On April 9, 1912, a general embargo was provided for by
Congress.
prohibited by act Of Congress,
T. In 1905 President Roosevelt issued a proclamation under
the aforementioned Act %forbiddng the expectation o. arms,
ammunition und munitions Of war to the Dominican Republic.
8 On March IA, 1912, Congress provided for an embargo on
the expectation of arms, etc, to any American country where
revolutionary conditions exist; and on the same day President Taft
placed an embargo against Mexico.
Q. In 1918 President Wilson placed an embargo on arms, etc,
against Mexico.
10. In 1898 the German Government prevented the shipment
Of arms, etc, to Spain.
II. Since the beginning of the present war practically all Of
the neutral States Of Europe have placed embargoes upon the ex-
portation Of arms and other munitions of war.
IL. 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 is
true the Parliament has authorized us to put an embargo on the
expectation Of arms and ammunition, So 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"
WE 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: eve must be neutral in fact as we'll
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"
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