Enforced peace; . e Govern-ment of Cuba. ARTICLE m To enable the United States to maintain the in-dependence of Cuba, and to protect the peoplethereof, as well as for its own defense, the Govern-ment of Cuba wiU sell or lease to the United States,lands necessary for coaling or naval stations atcertain specific points to be agreed upon with thePresident of the United States. It is quite clear from these three articles that theGovernment of the United States binds itself to main-tain the independence of Cuba and to exclude othergovernments from lodgment in the Island. Now, if anyGovernment attem
Enforced peace; . e Govern-ment of Cuba. ARTICLE m To enable the United States to maintain the in-dependence of Cuba, and to protect the peoplethereof, as well as for its own defense, the Govern-ment of Cuba wiU sell or lease to the United States,lands necessary for coaling or naval stations atcertain specific points to be agreed upon with thePresident of the United States. It is quite clear from these three articles that theGovernment of the United States binds itself to main-tain the independence of Cuba and to exclude othergovernments from lodgment in the Island. Now, if anyGovernment attempts to filch territory from Cuba or tosubvert the government, it becomes the duty of theUnited States to make war and defend against such in-vasion. Does this treaty obligation thus created takeaway from Congress the power to declare war? It onlycreates the obUgation on the part of the United States towage war, and in discharging this obligation Congressmust act, or the Government must be recreant to GEORGE GRAFTON ^\^LSON, , , , Professor of International Law at Harvard University; Honorary VicePresident, League to Enforce Peace ENFORCED PEACE 67 Thus, by reason and precedent, it would appear clearthat this third plank of the platform of the League is notin any way an attempt to take from Congress thepower which it has to declare war under the Constitu-tion. The suggestion that in order to carry out suchan obligation on the part of the United States, it wouldbe necessary to amend the Constitution, grows out of aconfusion of ideas and a failure to analyze the differencesbetween the creation of an obhgation of the UnitedStates to do a thing and the due, orderly and Constitu-tional course to be taken by it in doing that which it hasagreed to do. Taking up another phase of American Nationalpolicies George Grafton Wilson, , , ,, professor of international law at HarvardUniversity and lecturer on international law atthe United Sta
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