Note 190 — CUBAN BELLIGERENCY.

The case of the Hornet, as stated by Mr. Carpenter, was as follows:—“The Hornet was purchased in this country by Cubans, was taken into the open sea outside of the United States, and there armed and manned to cruise against Spain, and started on her way toward the waters of Cuba with arms and supplies for the revolutionists. Owing to the poor quality of her coal, she was unable to pursue her voyage, and put into a port of the United States, when she was libelled by the United States, upon the ground that she was intended for the ‘service of the people of a certain colony of the kingdom of Spain, to wit, the island of Cuba,’ etc. All of which is charged to be against the third section of the Neutrality Law.”—Congressional Globe, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., p. 144.