Note 453 — Chapter V · NON-HOSTILE RELATIONS OF BELLIGERENTS

Although, as will be seen from the following sections, this distinction is absolutely necessary, it is not made by several publicists. Holland, War, No. 93, even says: "There is no difference of meaning, according to British usage at least, between a 'truce,' an 'armistice,' and a 'suspension of arms.'" Land Warfare, § 256—see in especial note (a)—accepts the distinction as indispensable.