The Treaty of Washington Its Negotiation Execution And the Discussions Relat
The Treaty of Washington Its Negotiation Execution And the Discussions Relat
Cushing
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" This position is clearly stated iu the British Coun- ter-Case as follows : "Ilcr Majesty's Government readily admits the geuci'al 15S Tin: TllEATY OF \YASIIINGTON. "principle lliat, wlicrc an injury has been done by one nation "to another, a claim for some appropriate redress arises, and "that it is on all accounts desirable that this right should be "satisfied by amicable reparation instead of being enforced by " war. All civil society reposes on this principle, or on a prin- "ciple analogou...s to this ; the society of nations, as well as that "which unites the individual members of each particular com- •' monwealth. " Now the capture of private property on the seas, it can not be denied, is one of the methods of public war. AVhether such capture be made by letters of manpi", or by regular men-of-war, is innnaterial ; in eithev fonn it increases the resources of one Belliger- ent and it weakens those of the other; and if the Neutral fits cut |or in violation of neutral duty, suf- iers to be lilted out in its ports, which is the same thing] cruisers in aid of one of the Belligerents, such Neutral becomes a virtual participant in the war, not only prolonging it and augmenting its expenses, but perhaps ])roducing decisive eflects adverse to the other Belligerent.
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