The Hague Convention (V.) of 1907 Respecting the Rights and
Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Lar.d.--It is well that this Convention should be accessible to the public in black and white. This is the thirteenth pamphlet issued, and can be obtained gratis from the Secretary to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2 Jackson Street, Washington, D.C. Governments that signed the agreements were not bound against others who have not signed reciprocally, but Germany, Belgium, and Luxemburg both signed and ratified such straightforward articles as (I.) "The territory of neutral Powers is inviolable " ; (IL) "Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across the territory of a neutral Power " ; (V.) "A neutral Power must not allow any of the acts referred to in Articles II. to IV. to occur in its terri- tory." If any American is deceived by abuse of tho President and Government for allowing American firms to trade with the belligerents who can receive their goods, he may read here Germany's plain declara- tion: (VII.) "A neutral Power is not called upon to prevent the export or transport, on behalf of one or other of the belligerents, of arms, munitions of war, or, in general, of anything which can be of use to an army or a fleet."
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