Of course the Senator is taking a very extreme case. a case that is iot likely to arise. It is almost inconceivable that there will be any ships flying the American flag without some American officers aboard. The change which is now proposed is largely similar to the one that took place in 1864. when. owing to the stress of the Civil War and the difficulty in securing seamen. a provision of law which had existed for many. many years before that time. respecting the necessity of having American or naturalized American officers and crew. was repealed: and it remained repealed until 189S. when the present law was enacted. requiring all the watch officers to be Anericans. either by birth or by adoption. The causes which constituted the emergency in 1864 in a measure are present now. With the world involved in war. we cani not apl)ly at this time the same reasons and rules and standards that will be applied in normal times nder normal circumsil lces.
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