Bors in England and America there has of late been a considerable amount of interest shown in the question as to how, wh en, and unde what circumstances it is justifiable for a nation to refuse to be bound any longer by the terms of some existing treaty, The occasion for this has been the demand on the part of American statesmen for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which under present circumstances is held on the western side of the Atlantic to bear hardly on the United States, inasmuch as it declares that neither America nor England should "obtain exclusive control over the proposed ship canal through Central America, or erect any fortifica ion our any part of the country."
It will readily be granted that the United States have fair ground fora request for the reconsideration of this treaty, but it shows small acquaintance with international law on the part of some of the more bellicose senators when they argue that a
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