Show t 4 till M 4 M II H I M 4 H ill M H iI M H. H 4 M 4 M M 4 M M I I M I U UTHE t M t t t THE BOER HOPE 1 1 f t M M M H 4 f M M M t H H M rt M M M MIn S. S In pursuance pUls of the tile intention ot o Boer sympathizers tl iz rs in iii the United States to l keep up agitation in of compelling our 11 Government to the J llope finally some action against t Great Britain in the matter mat mat- f ter r of the South SO African lean war there was a pro-Boer pro mass meeting in Washington ton Sunday night at which various speakers demanded demanded- that among other thin things s. s the United States should put a stop t to the shipment of American horses and mules to toC C Town As this demand has been made with g gi geat at insistence for the past year ear it is worth while t t. ascertain upon what ground it is based 1 As a general proposition there is nothing is-nothing in n l international law or 01 in the practice of the United States to prevent American citizens at their own f risk rik of capture b by the other party from irom rom selling to either of two t belligerents belli between whom the thet 1 States is neutral any merchandise includIng I t Ing i Contraband of war wat- In his work on international M y Professor Woolsey a high aut authority ol ty says international law does not require of the neutral sovereign t z tm-z he he ie should keep the citizen or subject within the same strict of t neutrality which he Is s bound to draw for himself el The JI i f lIll SU Vat ate person If t the laws eo of his own w state or some special p treaty do rot root forbid can lend money to a state at peace with his hla own country for tor purposes of ot war can sell It arms ammunition ammu ammu- or any article o of ot war etc That is is s the law but the tile Boers Beers and their American Amer Amer- i ican m friends claim an exception under rule two of article sixth of the Treat Treaty of Washington ashington by which the United States State and Great Britain agreed that a I n state is s bound i Not ot to Permit or 01 suffer suiter either belligerent to make use of Its or waters as the base of naval operations against the theor f h hohr rJ or for the purpose of ot augmentation of military supplies supplies' J 0 s or Ot the recruitment of ot men t It w will ll be seen from th the foregoing that the chance nce to cover the shipment of animals an mals from sew ew Orleans by ly the rule quoted is an exceedingly slim fl 6 one ne Calling alling horses or animals military supplies is Ir retching the accepted meaning of contraband of l' l beyond any length which thus far fat ti law or usage has sanctioned In short none of of e text books as far as we remember cont contain in a w to show that horses hores or mules could be made to come ome und under r the definition of contraband of war do not then it is improbable that the Government Government Gov Gov- can be induced to interfere with the traffic i in them which has been greatly profitable to oui our Western stock raisers |