Note 85 — II. Die Grenzen zwischen Piraterie und Kaperei.
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Mr. Randolph, Sec. of State, to Mr. Hammond, 23. Okt. 1794 (Wharton, Int. Law 2. Aufl. § 383): „The British position that American citizens employed on French privateers in the war with revolutionary France were pirates, is in conflict with settled principles of international law.“ Mr. Madison, Sec. of State, report 25. Januar 1806 (Wharton a. a. O.): „The French decree of June 6, 1803, importing that every privateer of which two-thirds of the crew should not be natives of England, or subjects of a power the enemy of France, shall be considered a pirate, is in contravention of the law of nations.“