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Show LAW OF NATIONS. A savage meclni. a stranger thicks he titets an seiny. Xot so with civilized man. I lis experience and intelligence in-telligence have taught him differently. With him reason, morality and the common decencies are guides of conduct con-duct between himself and his fellow man; and this standard of justice has been ex; ended, and fitly applies between be-tween i he nations in their dealings towards each other. Certain rules, however, have to by established and recognized as just, and the parties interested in them are expected not to violate thm in order to secure ptraiaoeucy of y?ace and friendly relationship. The profits arising through the mutual mu-tual intercourse of nations has led civilized countries to allow the stranger to travel, to make his home, to expatriate ex-patriate himself and become naturalized natural-ized in the hind of his adoption, subject, sub-ject, of course, to the laws and regn'a" tions of. that government where ' e now is; but in all cases, except in so ;e oriental and partly civilized countries, he is protected from -violence, nr. if assailed, may demand' that his assailair. be tried and punished. Sometimes it happens, as in the Mafia case at Xew Orleans lately, that the citizens of a foreign gove; ::-ment ::-ment are treated iu such a manner as to give offense to that government of which they are subjects, and unless satisfaction is given it may end iu wsu. And a nation is justified, when other methods are insufficient, to wage war to defend any right which, as a nation, it is bound to protect; for instance, to defend its own sovereignty; to protect a citizen in his rights; to obtain satisfaction satis-faction for insults to its flag, its ambassadors, ambas-sadors, or its good name, and for the violation of treaty rights. Formal declarations of war are not now as in the days of Greece and Rome, because of the rapid transmission transmis-sion of news. Yet it is indicated as a matter of honor, and is due the enemy, its own citizens and neutrals. Our readers will remember that Italy recalled its ambassador the other day because, as Italy thought, the United States government did not, in its opinion, exercise its functions in a manner to bring to justice and punishment punish-ment those who took such an active part in the killing at New Orleans. The action of Italy in this matter shows how little it understands our method of dealing with alleged violators vio-lators of the law. It was not the object of this article to discuss the position taken by Humbert and his advisers, but merely to briefly allude to the rights of aliens, the accepted ac-cepted duty of a state, and the steps generally taken when friendly relations rela-tions cease between nations. One thing, however, is certain: our government can not look upon the impulsive im-pulsive course taken by Itaiy in this matter witlsMit a sisrn of emnhatic iio- insists, It will find 'the American eagle darkening its coast and making "Rome howl." |