1S2 'J'H' TKEATY OF WASHINGTON. 



vue iVwn cas connoxc .ivcc rusacjo d'luu! base (Voin'rations na- 

 valcs diriiiOos contre run dcs nL-lligi'vaiUi?, on (Vtoi cas flagrant 

 dc contralxtndc dc <juerrc. .To iic dirai jtas que Ic siiiij»Ie fait 

 U^woir allouc uiic (iuanlilo de charboii ])liis I'ortc que cel'c m'- 

 ccssaire anx vaisseaiix pour rcgac;ncr le port de Icur pays le ]»lus 

 voisin, constituc ;\ lui seul uu grief sutlisant i)our doniier lieu ii 

 line iudemnite. Aiiisi que le disait Ic Chaiieelier d'Angleterre, 

 le 1'2 Juiii, ISTI, a la Cliaiiibre des Lords, rAiigletene et les 

 Ktats Unis sc tiennent egalenieiit attaches au i)iiucipe luaticpie 

 qu'il ii'y a ])as violation du droit des gens cii fournissant des 

 arnu's aux Helligerants. ]\Iais si cet excedant dc proportion 

 dans rai>provisionneinei\t de cliarbon vieiit se joincire a d'autres 

 circonslanees cpii marquent qu'on s en est s'jrvi eonunc d'uno 

 veritable rcK hoxtUix^ alors il y a infraction ;i la deuxienic Regie 

 de TArliele VI. du Traite. C'est dans cc sens anssi que le memo 

 Lord Cliancelier explifpiait dans le discours iirecite la portec 

 de la dernierc i»arte de la dite Kegle." 



The same point is treated by j\Ir. Adams as fel- 

 lows : 



"The supply of coals to a l)elligerent involves no responsi- 

 bility to the Neutral, when it is made in resjionse to a deman<l 

 jtresented in good faith, Avith a single object of satisfying a Ic- 

 gilii late ])urpose, openly assigned. 



"On the other hand, the same supply does involve a respon- 

 sibility if it shall in any way be made to appear that the con- 

 cession was maile, either tacitly or by agreement, with a view 

 to ])rt)mt)te or complete the execution of a hostile act. 



"llenee I ])erceive Jio other way to determine the degree of 

 the responsibility of a Neutral in these cases, than by an exam- 

 inatiiin of the evidence to showthe intent of the grant in any 

 siieeille case, l-'raud or falsehood in such a case jioisons every 

 thing it touches. Even inditVerence may ib'generate into will- 

 ful negligence, and that will impos^e a burden of i)roof to excuse 

 it before responsibility can be relieved." 



^\y. Adams, it will be noted, dwells on the qties- 

 tion of intent in this matter, as he does, indeed, iu 



