Synopses & Reviews
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OUR DUTY TO SPAIN THE complaints which the Spanish ministry is said to have made to our government, of its laxness in preventing filibustering expeditions, have called out from the Secretary of the Navy an interesting rejoinder. The statement of Mr. Long attempts to show, on the part of the United States, a diligence in preserving its neutrality that is not only due, but even unusual under the circumstances. This correspondence is not yet published. The mere fact of its existence and probable tenor is known. We cannot scrutinize the assertions of fact and law and precedent therein contained. Nevertheless, perhaps we may use the incident to advantage as a peg upon which to hang two inquiries, the one relating to fact, the other to law; the one recalling a bitter national controversy long since settled, the other concerning the duties of a state in view of an insurrection against a friendly power, an insurrection which cannot well be recognized as belligerent. What a faint and far-away memory that phrase due diligence suggests And yet in the textit{Alabama-claims arbitration, a quarter- century ago, national responsibility and millions of dollars in damages rested upon its interpretation. The military engines which the Southern Confederacy bought in neutral England prolonged the war, destroyed or drove to other flags the commerce of the North, and gave rise to the most serious complaints. Just so to-day, those military supplies which Cuba buys from the manufacturers of the United States are prolonging the insurrection, may make independence possible, and do much to disturb our friendly relations with Spain. They likewise may serve as a basis for claims for damages in no very distant future. There is an apparent parallelism between the two cases. Is it a real one ? ...
Synopsis
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.