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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 1988.
In the same way, several years ago, Can- gresy passed a law, forbilding the laboure of children in factories. Within a year,
THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION.the Supreme Court bad interpreted this
SOME MISUNDEESTANDINGS.
The Washington. Currespondent of the Toulon Observer, in an article published on June 24th said-
An American who is temporarily in Tondon, reading the comments of some of the British papers on recent events arising out of our prohibition law, and bearing the comments of English friends on those events, is dismayed by several fundamental misunderstandings. Some of these misunderstandings arise out of difference between the legal systems of the two countries, a difference go intricate that it is going to be dificult to clear it up. And yet the effort is worth while.
I suspect that a good many Englishmen think that we in America passed a law specifically calling for the prohibition of liquor on foreign ships in New York barbour. In fact we did nothing of the kind. We never thought of doing any thing of the kind. I don't think wa, ever will do anything of the kind. And, har ing found that a law we passed for a quite different purpose is now interpreted to include this purpose, I think our people will amend the law-although as to this last I am compelled to be a little less positive, because the unhappy nerimony that has arisen over the incident, and the preciso condition it is now in, may be attended by the unfortunate results that sometime come when an otherwise simple situation is beclouded by acrimony.
The reason for the British misunder, standing of what has happened is that Britain has no exact, or even very close, analogy to our Supreme Court of the United States. And, lacking, that analogy, Britain naturally fails to understand its operations.
-THE WRITTEN CONSTITUTION.
statute as inconsistent with the cou stitution; and we are now busy with tion of child labour in terms consistent devising means of achieving the probibi- with the interpretation of the Suproute
Cour1.
UNIMPEACHABLE MOTIVES.
INDO-CHINA
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SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
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In short, the American people have frequently been put to much more is. convenience by our Supreme Court than Britain has in the present.caso. Nuver- theless, our people value the Supreme Court above almost any other one of our institutions. thoughtful Englishmen have frequently (I think that many wished for an
analogous institution.) Some Americans sometimes talk seriously of limiting the Cort's powers somewhat, BHANGMAI but practically no American ever fails to appreciate its value in the management of our democracy."
MANILA
HAIPHUJO
BORNEO
Another phase of the British comment on this receat incident, which is acutely painful to Americans, is the assumption, occasionally found in important British sources, that the Supreme Court of the United States handed down this decision with the intention and for the purpose of putting British ships on an equality with American ships.. Such an as 71BSTEIN sumption includes the innuendo that the Supreme Court, would take into considera- BANGKOR tion a motive of commercial self-interest.
This is so remote from Lo faintest element of possibility that the utterance of it is seriously depressing to American realers. There is no institution in the work more rigidly oblivious to all motives what. ever, except the simple interpretation of legal words, than the Supreme Court of the United States. There is no institution in the world more secure in its sanctity and in ita reputation for an integrity so great that no American ever harbours the idea of even discussing it.
WEATHER REPORT.
July 31st at 18.30-Warning to Hong kong, Connd Ports, &:-Depression cr typhoon of unknown intensity ithin 120 miles of Lat. 14 deg. N. Long 197 deg. E moving West,
Anguat lat at 11.45Warning to Hong- ong Coast Ports. &c.-Depression or of Lat. 14 deg. N. Long. 128 deg. E., may- typhoon of
unknown intensity within 60 miles ing West
August 1st at 12.12.-Prossuro has des and slightly from Shanghai to Formosa creamed moderately and Manila and Legaspi It is nearly stationary from Hongkong to Haiphong.
The most important function of our Supreme Court is to interpret our written constitution. (Oar written constitution is another one of our institutions for which Britain bas no analogy.) In effect, by interpreting our constitution is meant this: Whenever Congress passes a law, the Supreme Court, upon appeal from any litigant affected by the law, determines whether the law is cotaistent with the constitution; and, speaking generally, has the final word in interpreting the meaning of the language in which the law is framed, To illustrate by the presort case: Con- gress some years ago passed, and the States confirmed, an amendment to the constitn. tion calling for the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor in all territory where the laws of the United The typhoon continues to move westward. Statea ordinarily have effect. In addition | At 6 xm, this mroning it was about 310 to passing the Constitutional amendment, miles Fast of Manila. Congress passed the requisite and more detailed statutes fecessary for carrying the amendment iato effect. The law. being passed, the appropriate department of the The forecast for the 24 hours ending s Government put it into effect, and framed noon, 2nd Aug., is sa follows; various regulations for that purpose.
Distrios Formosa Channel
The depresion over SW, China is un- changed.
Total
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, 1st Angust, 014 inch. since January 1st, 45.3 inches, against an average of 5204 inches:
*MINGBANG **LAINANGTM
"YATSHING"
"CHUNNANG"
KWAISANG *
**ESANG *
Friday,
3rd Aug., p.m. Saturday, 4th Aug. Noon. Sunday, 5th Aug., 9am. Tuesday 7th Aug, @am, Tusaday, 7th Aug. 4 p.m.
Wednesday, 8th Aug, 10 am.
"CHEONG 3HING...Wednesday, 5th Aug-2pm.
*FOOKBANU” ...Friday,
LEESANG
"HUSANG
"HINSANG
10th Aug?
Friday 10th Ang, 8 a.m. Saturday, 11th Aug. 3pm. Friday, $4th Aug, 4p.2.
Thin Ling afforda regular sailings to Caloniss, Fedaag sas Singapore į returning from Unicoots staanera prossed via Birwis as Hongkong to Japan, occasionally calling at Shanghai, au steamers have stoolicos passenger actinimodation, hused with Wiriom and carry a fully-quallied surgeon. LINE-Sallings approximately every three daya Dowson Unston as Shanghal, sometimes calling at „Swatow. Through trokute enh be obtained and through Bu of Lading are NEMOCÍ M Wertherm and Yangitus Purði via Shanghai,
LINEllings approximately wonky for panschere ge LINE :—A woskly service in mainaisod with Manila by vouch with good
Passenger acccxemodation, sailings from both porm every Friday. Balling at Hoihow when in is jomases batera, LIND – Fortnightly sailings to man from Banusia by two 5,000 mos *- HINNANG:”and sa "MAUNANO" both steamers atcellent passenger setommogatiua, Cargo taken through Hills of Ledina fox adat Juston Labuan, Tawee
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and Lanas Dare LINE—a regulae soryjon is run from March to Movember between
Hongkong and Tien win, usinag at Wetha, wit and Uketos,""
LINE ➡A wookly service is provided between Hongkong and Bangkok wa Besson. ty Bra Marmora prise with sp-10 date passing S
commodation.
CALCUTTA
3.5.
1i
LINE
'HOSANG" will be despatched on or about Saturday, 11th Aug., at 3 p.m., for SINGAPORE, PENANG
& CALCUTTA.
Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, PORT SWETTENHAM and DUTCH EAST INDIES.
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This statute and the regulations under it immediately became effective as the law of the land. But in this instance, as in most instances, specific arose in which litigants (including the Hongkong to Gap Book E. winds, moderate; Government itself) contested the statuts and
Cases
+
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the regulations under it. The issues thus South coast of Chins between joined were carried up to the Supreme
do Court of the United States.
Hongkong and Lamocks f And the
S.E. winds, Supreme Court, in the present instance, South coat of China between moderate handed down an interpretation of the law, Hongkong and Baion which among other things, is to the effect that the statute and the regulations in the precise language in which Congress passed it, forbid the carrying of liquor by foreign sbips within the three-mile limit..
This is an unanticipated and unintended. ihterpretation put upon a minor and "col- lateral aspect of our prohibition law.
"ARY-BLOW OF PROHIBITION.
The British, having no knowledge of these facts, and no familiarity with any institu-
tion wholly analogous, to our Supreme
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Court; thinks that the prohibition of liquor The HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK Co., Ltd.
on their ships, is the direct and intended
result of an act of Congress passed for that specific purpose.
In truth this is far from the cause. It would never have occured to any member of Congress to pass a statute deliberately aimed to prohibit liquor on British ships. The present interpretation, which has given rise to this embarrassment, while it must be respected, because it has been found by the Supreme Court to be inherent in the language of the statute, was wholly unan- ticipated, and was not at all in the minds of the Congress that pussed it.
By the same token it would be cothpara- | tively simple. for Congress to pass, an amendment to the law designed to get rid of the present interpretation. This is what is always done when the Supreme Court rules that the original language of it statute han an interpretation contrary to, or going beyond, the true intent of Congress.
I say it would be comparatively simple i to get Congress to amend the Act so as to relieve the present situation. IL may readily be possible that all the coinmotion that has arisen sad all the scrimony that has been uttered about this incident may have created a state of mind which will make it less easy to pass such an amend. ment.
The interpretation of statutes by our Supreme Court has frequently embarrassed and impeded the will of a majority of American people in cases more important and more charged with feeling than the present one. In 1896 Congress passed the first law providing for a national income taz. The Supreme Court, acting wholly within the obligation of its duty, ruled that the statute, as passed, was contrary to the constitution. Thereupon the statute be cameroid; and it was seventeen years until we were able, in 1913, finally to get an in- come tax law in terma consistent with the Supreme Court's interpretation.
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