INDEX

Absolute contraband. See Contraband Abstention, 129 Acquiescence, State duty of, 129, 130, 133, 136 Actæon, the, 176, 179 Acts of Parliament, 61, 63 Admiralty Manual of Prize Law, 156, 159, 192 Aerial warfare, 61 Air, opposite views as to rights over, 64, 65 Aircraft in war, 69 Alabama, the, 131, 183 Alexander, Mrs., the cotton of, 153 Alien enemies, civil disabilities of, 47, 49, 205 Allanton, the, 158, 161, 162, 163 Ancipitis usus, articles, 148 Angarie, Droit d', 170 Appam, the, 146 Arabia, the, 152 Arbitration, 1-6, 184 treaties, general, 6, 7 treaties, limited, ib. cases fit for, 5 the Hague tribunal of, 5 Armaments, limitation of, 184 Armed civilians, 77 Neutralities, the, 83 Army, duties of, 77 Article 23 (h), 47, 49, 206, 207 restricting application, 146 Aspirations, 99 Assassination, 93 Asturias, the, 60 Asylum to belligerent warships, 129, 143 Atalanta, the, 160 Aube, Admiral, 116 Authentic interpretation, 107, 196, 199, 201, 205 Baden-Powell, Sir G., 81, 85, 87 Baker, Sir Sherston, 85 Balfour, Mr. A.J., 13, 15, 73, 74, 173 Balloons, projectiles from, 30, 62 Base of operations, neutral duty as to, 129, 134, 144, 145 Baty, Dr. T., 161 Bays, 166, 167 Belligerents, lawful, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 Beresford, Lord Charles, 118 Bermuda, the, 160 Bills criticised, 36-40, 47, 192 Birkenhead, Lord, 135 Bismarck, Prince, 170 Bliss, Sir H., 150 Blockade, belligerent, 29, 83, 156 fictitious, 57, 59 pacific, 9-14, 17 Bluntschli's reply to Von Moltke, 26 Bombardment, 62 of open coast towns, 30, 62 from the air, 112, 123 Bondholders, foreign, vindication of rights of, 15 Bowles, Mr. Gibson, 54, 87, 89, 90, 92, 141, 173, 177, 178, 198 Brandschatz, 117 Brassard, effect of a, 79 Bright, Sir Charles, 171, 172 British Academy, author's paper at, 174 British Manual of Military Law, 74 Handbooks on War on Land, 75, 76 Brodrick, Mr., 75 Brown v. United States, 45 Brusa, Prof., 130 Brussels Conference, the, of 1874, 68, 74, 77, 114, 172 Bullets, expanding, 22, 94, 96 explosive, 22, 94, 95 in savage warfare, 94 Bundesrath, the, 29, 157, 160 Butler, General B.F., 153 Bynkershoek, 45, 71, 165, 166 Cable-cutting, 30, 168-173 Cables, submarine, 168 Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., 189 Captors, unqualified, 71, 73, 162, 163 Carson, Sir Edward, 127 Cavell, Miss, case of, 79 Calchas, the, 151, 152, 153 Cecil, Lord Robert, 8, 207 Channel tunnel, 42 Chavasse, ex parte, 137 Civilians armed, position of, 77, 78, 79 Churchill, Mr. Winston, 106 Claims, competitive, 17 Clarke, Sir Edward, 124 Clode, Mr., 112 Closed localities, 50 Clothing, use of enemy, 75 Coal, 176 conditional contraband, 149 for belligerent fleet, 131, 134 Coast fishing vessels, 30 Codification of laws of war, 22, 23 Cohen, Mr. Arthur, 47, 203 Coltman, Mr., 85 Commencement of war, 41 Commercen, the, 159 Commissioning on the High Seas, 90 Commissions of enquiry, 4 Compromise, the, between belligerent and neutral rights, 133, 136, 164, 169 Conditional contraband. See Contraband Conduct of warfare between belligerents, 50 Conflict of Laws, 34, 35 Continuous voyages, 29, 157, 162, 183 "Contraband, a happy little," 153 Contraband of war, what it is, 130, 134, 159, 175 absolute and conditional, 147, 151, 152, 154, 158 British proposal to abolish doctrine of, 163, 184, 185 coal, how far, 132, 134, 149, 176 cotton, how far, 151, 152, 177 food-stuffs, how far, 176, 185 Japanese rules as to, 149, 155, 156 misuse of the term, 134 no neutral duty to prohibit export of, 113, 140 Russian rules as to, 154, 176 the Declaration of London as to, 164 the two constituents of, 159 Contractual debts, 21 Contributions, 102, 118 Conventions. See Geneva, Hague, &c. and Legislation, 36 "transitoires," 198 Conversion. See Transformation Convoy, 31 Cotton, 177 as contraband, 149, 151, 152 Court of International Justice, a permanent, 2, 191 Criticism of Bills, 36-40, 192 Customs Consolidation Act, 1853, 132 Danger zone, a, 59 Dardanelles, closing of, 55, 58, 80, 90, 92 "Declaration," misuse of the term, 90, 92, 206 Declaration, the, of London, 22, 36, 39, 80, 92, 147, 149, 154, 155, 158, 161, 163, 164, 181, 191, 193-207 provisional adoption of, as modified, 154, 204 rejection of, 206, 207 Declaration, the, of Paris, 22, 26, 57, 59, 80, 81, 82, 83, 87, 89, 156, 198 accession to, of Spain and Mexico, 81, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91 Declaration, the, of St. Petersburg, 22, 27, 91, 95, 96, 97 von Moltke upon, 25 Declaration of war, 10, 41, 43 Declarations, mistaken view as to their not needing ratification, 90, 91 the three, of the Hague in 1899. See Hague De Horsey, Admiral, 118, 164 De Joinville, Prince, 117 De Martens, Prof., 162, 166, 176, 200 Deposit of delict, 158 Despatches, enemy, 156, 158, 160 Destination, 8, 155, 156 Destruction of neutral prizes, 22, 173-181 Dickenson, Mr. Lowes, 125 Direct U.S. Cable Co. v. Anglo-American Tel. Co., 166 Disguise, 75, 76 Distinctive marks, 77, 79 Doelwijk, the, 161 Drago doctrine, the, 20 Droit d'angarie, the, 170 Dum-dum bullet. See Bullets Durward, the, 60 Embargo, 11 Enemy, who is an ?, 401 disabilities of, 47, 49, 206 goods in neutral bottoms, 83 in occupied territory, 102 merchant vessels at outbreak, 45, 49 property on land, 102 property at sea, 29, 104, 184 resident at outbreak, 44 service, 157, 158, 186 "Englishman's Home, An," the play, 77 Enquiry, international Commissions of, 1, 3, 4, 6 Evans, Sir Samuel, 70 False colours, 30, 43, 76 Fauchille, M., 47, 64, 65 Felicity, the, 164, 166, 167, 175, 177, 179 Fiore, Prof., 201 Fishing vessels, 31 Flag of truce, 76 Food-stuffs, 148, 174 how far contraband, 148, 176, 185 Food, Royal Commission on, 148, 174, 177 Foreign Enlistment Acts, the, 131, 134, 138, 139, 141, 143 Foreign Enlistment Bills, new, 39 Foreign soldiers, 45 Forster, Arnold-, Mr., 45 Fox, the, 176, 177 Fram, the, 137 Francs-tireurs, 79 "Freedom of the seas," 51, 97 French Government Manual for Land Warfare, 117 Friendly methods of settlement, 1 Gases, harmful, whether employment of, legitimate, 22, 96, 97 Geffken, Prof., 13 General principles of justice and equity, the, 187, 189, 190, 193 Geneva Convention Bill, 36 Geneva Conventions, the, 22, 34, 67, 98, 100 application of, to maritime warfare, 30, 98 Gentili, A., 170 Germany. Cf. Hague Conventions proclamation by, of a danger zone, 59 wrong as to Declaration of London, 207 Giffen, Sir R., 13 Gladstone, Mr., 134 Goeben and Breslau, the, 91 Golden Rocket, the, 85 Good offices, 1, 2, 3 Government authority, as a protection, 72 Government Bills and International Conventions, 36-40, 192, 195, 204 Granville, Lord, 82, 85, 131, 170, 177 Greek coast, blockade of, 13 Guerilla warfare, 73 Gundel, General de, 48 Grotius, 45, 148, 155, 166, 168, 169 Haabet, the, 160 Hague Conventions, the, of 1889, 1, 2, 3, 6, 30, 61, 74, 75, 94, 102, 105, 107, 120, 184 of 1907, 1, 6 applicable only between contracting Powers, 69 No. i., 2, 3, 6 No. ii., 21, 22 No. iii., 22, 36, 44 No. iv., 22, 45, 60, 61, 67, 75, 76, 77, 96, 105, 107, 122, 168, 206 No. v., 22, 68, 75, 80, 90, 135, 168 No. vi., 22, 45, 70 No. vii., 22, 162 No. viii., 22, 45, 164 No. ix., 22, 68, 122 No. x., 22, 100, 130 No. xi., 22, 158 No. xii., 22, 36, 190, 194, 195, 197, 204 No. xiii., 22, 129, 143, 146 Hague Declarations, the, 22, 30, 61, 62, 63, 64, 96 Hague Règlements, the, as to war on land, 75, 76, 78, 93, 95, 100 Hague Tribunal, the, 5 reference to, not obligatory, 25 Haldane, Mr. R.B., 45 Hall, Mr. W.E., on pacific blockade, 13 Harcourt, Sir W., 74 Hardinge, Sir C., 152 Herbert, Mr. Arnold, 182, 184 Holland, Sir T.E., references to writings of, 8, 9, 20, 23, 35, 44, 47, 50, 52, 66, 75, 97, 113, 122, 164, 168, 180, 192, 196 Honour and vital interests clause, the, 4, 5, 6 Horses, wounded, 98, 100 Horsey, Adml., 118, 164, 166 Hostile assistance, 88, 157, 160, 186 Hübner, 190 Ikaria, the, 60 Imina, the, 160 Immediate effects of outbreak of war, the, 45 Institut de Droit International, the, 11, 12, 16, 23, 24, 30, 43, 44, 48, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 104, 105, 108, 121, 130, 162, 163, 164, 167, 168, 172, 174, 176, 182, 185, 190 its Manuel des lois de la guerre maritime, 163 its Manuel des lois de la guerre sur terre, 23, 24, 25, 27, 108 Instructions, national, on laws of war on land, 75, 76 on laws of war at sea: British, 156, 180 French, 179 Japanese, 148, 149, 150, 155, 156, 157, 173 Russian, 154, 173, 174, 176, 177, 179 United States, 179 International, the, 169 International Court of Appeal, an, 184 International Justice, a Permanent Court of, 2 International Law, the nature and authority of, 66, 67, 77, 86, 114, 115, 116, 119, 127, 169, 188 International Prize Court, proposal for an, 23, 181-191 Jackson, Colonel, 66, 68 James, Captain, 114 Jenks, Mr., 106, 108, 110 Jonge Margaretha, the, 159 Just cause of war, 83 "Justice and equity, general principles of," 187, 189, 190, 193 Kent, Chancellor, 45 Kleen, Mr., 130, 133 Knight-Commander, the, 173, 174 Kohler, Mr., 47 Kowshing, the case of the, 41, 43 "Kriegsbrauch," the, 68, 80 Lambermont, Baron, 77 Lammasch, Prof., 125 Lansdowne, Marquess of, 58, 133, 136, 149, 169, 173 Lawful belligerents, 69, 78 League of Nations, the, 1, 2, 7, 9, 191 Lehr, Prof., 102 Leucade, the, 176 Lincoln, President, 74 Lieber's Instructions, 74, 75 Localities closed to hostilities, 52 London, Conference of, 181, 190, 191 London, Declaration of, 22, 55, 58, 92, 181, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196-207 Lyons, Lord, 169 MacDonell, Prof., 172 McKenna, Mr., 78 Mahan, Admiral, 97 Mail steamers and bags, 30 Malacca, the case of the, 81, 162, 163 Mandates, 8 Manning, Mr., 45 Manual of military law, the British, 107 Manuals of warfare on land, 105 at sea, 105 Manuel des Lois de la guerre maritime, the, of Institut, 23 Manual des Lois de la guerre sur terre, 23, 24, 174 Marais, ex parte, 106 Martens, de, Prof., 126 Martial law, 105-112 Maurice, Colonel, 42 Mcomini and others v. Governor &c. of Natal, 107 Means of injuring, 94 Measures short of war, 1-21 Mediation. See Good offices Menam, blockade of the, 10 Mercantile Marine in war, 81, 84, 87 Merchant ships, visit of, 60 Militia, 77 Minerva, the, 91 Mines, 164 Moltke, von, on conduct of war, 24 Monroe doctrine, the, 17, 20 Moray Firth, the, 189 Morley, Lord, 58, 74 "Most favoured nation" clause, 17 Möwe, the, 70 "Murder," 70, 71, 72, 84 Mutiny Acts, the, 109 National Instructions, 75, 76 Naval bombardments of open coast towns, 30, 112, 123 Naval manœuvres of 1888, the, 113, 123 Naval war code, a British, 30, 31, 32 Naval warfare, 22 Naval Prize (Consolidation) Bill, the, 36, 191-196, 198 object of, 194,195 rejection of, 196 Naval Prize money, 195 Neutral conduct, the criterion of, 125 Neutral duties, as classified by the author, 129 Neutral hospitality, 143 Neutral States and individuals, their liabilities distinguished, 129-135 Neutral territory, passage through, 90 Neutral trade, the four inconveniences, to, 159 Neutralisation, the term, 53, 54 Neutrality, correlative to belligerency, 10, 16, 19 British proclamations of, 130, 135-143 Neutrals, methods of warfare affecting, 164-181 Non-combatants, 72, 74 Novoe Vremya, the, 176 Occupied territory, right of the invader in, 80, 100 not yet occupied, 77 Oppenheim, Prof., 47 Orozembo, the, 160 "Ottoman Empire, ancient rule of the," 56 Pacific blockade, 10 Palmerston, Lord, 12 Panama Canal, the, 50 Paquete Habana, the, 30 Paris. See Declaration of Paris, Treaty of, 53, 54, 56, 81, 87, 89, 155 "Pas de Code Naval, pas de Cour des Prises," 187 Passage, 64, 90 Peace talk, 125 Peaceful settlement of disputes, the Conventions for, of 1899, 2, 3, 6 of 1907, 2, 6 are non-obligatory, 173 Perels, Prof., 16 Permanent Court of International Justice, a, 191 Peterburg, the, 162 Peterhoff, the, 20, 149, 160 Petition of Right, the, 106, 108, 109 Pike, Mr., 98, 100 "Piracy," 70, 71, 84 Poison, 96 Pope's Note, the, 51 Port, enemy ships in, 49 Porter v. Freudenberg, 49 Portsmouth, Lord, 205 Pourtugael, den Beer, Prof., 68 Pre-emption, 148 Prevention, State duties of, 129, 131 Prisoners of war, 45, 106, 107 liabilities of, 106 Private International Law, 34 Privateers, 81, 84 restrictions on, 82 commissioned liners are not, 70 Private property at sea, 184 Prize Court, the Russian, 163 an international Court of Appeal, 23, 170-182 a settled prize law, must precede, 181, 183, 185, 190, 191, 193 a supreme, 181 Prize Law Consolidation Bill, 193, 194, 199 "Probable cause," 83 Proclamations of neutrality, the British, criticised, 135-143 "Professors," 119 Projectiles, from balloons, 22, 30, 62 for diffusion of gases, 22, 96, 97 "Quasi-enemy," 12 Radiotelegraphic stations, 168 Rae, Mr., 162 Ratification, 203 Receipts, 102 Règlements, the Hague. See Hague Renault, Prof., 172, 187, 190, 196, 198, 199 Report of the force of (see Authentic Interpretation) Reprisals, advantages of, 14, 19 how differing from war, 9, 12, 14, 19 opposite views as to, 16 species of, 12, 15, 19 United States, instructions as to, 29 belligerent, 97, 123 Requisitions, 102, 117 Restrictive clause, the, 69, 146 Retaliation, 97 Reward for, dead or alive, 93 R. v. Eyre, 110 Ridley, Sir E., 77 Roman Law terminology, 102 Roosevelt, Pres., 146 Rosebery, Lord, 158 Ross, Sir R., 78 Russian Prize Law, 162, 174, 176 Salisbury, Lord, 3, 15, 52, 54, 157 Santissima Trinidad, the, 137 Savage warfare, 94 Savannah, the, 85 Scott, Sir Walter, 77, 91 Scott, Sir William, 91 Search. See Visit and Search Second Peace Conference Conventions Bill, 37, 38, 39 Seely, Col., 63 Ship, a "mere moveable," 85 Shucking, Prof., 125 Siam, 10 Sinking. See Destruction Smith (Lord Birkenhead) and Sibley, on International Law in the Russo-Japanese War, 135 Spider, the, 113, 117 Spies, 72 Springbok, the, 29 Stephen, Sir Herbert, 124 Stewart, Mr. C., 104 Story, J., 159 Stowell, Lord, 85, 159, 160, 161, 166, 175, 177, 178, 180, 197 Straits, 52, 56 Submarine cables, 168, 169, 171, 188 Submarines, 69 Suez Canal, the, 50, 51, 52, 54 Superfluous injury, 94, 95 Suyematsu, Baron, 149 Swettenham, Sir James, 79 Sydenham, Lord, 104 Takahashi, Prof., 43 Terminology, 33 Territorial waters, 165, 166, 167 Tindal, le Chevalier, 122 Tirpitz, Admiral von, 70 Tocumaro, the, 60 Torpedoes, 164 Transformation into ships of war, 162 Treaties, who are the parties to, 202, 207 effect of war on, 18, 198 Treaty, the Hay-Pauncefote, 50 Twenty-three (h) clause, the, 47, 206 Twenty-four hours rule, the, 127, 144, 145 Ullmann, Prof., 47, 106, 201 Unarmed merchantmen, 72, 73 Undefended towns, 30, 67, 68 Uniform, 75 United States instructions for war on land, 23, 73, 107 naval war code, 23, 30, 31, 88 Naval War College, 8 ratification of Conventions, 75 views of, compared with British, 29, 31 Unqualified captors, 72, 73 Unratified Conventions, effect of, 40 Usufruct, 101 Vattel, 46, 119 Venezuela, 13, 18 Visit and search, 72, 83, 84, 159, 186 "Violations of law of nations," term misapplied, 140, 142 Vœux, 5, 99, 121, 122, 167, 180, 190 Volunteers, 77 War. See Reprisals Declaration of, 10, 41 legitimate object of, 25, 95 sub modo, 20, 55 written law of, 22 Washington, the Three Rules of, 86 Wellington, Duke of, 117 Westbury, Lord, 137 Westlake, Prof., 18, 41, 65, 183, 199, 202 Wilson, Pres., 72, 97, 127 Wolf, Mr., 58 Wood, Mackinnon, Mr., 196, 197, 200 Wounded and Sick. See Geneva Conventions horses, 98, 100 Yangtsze Insurance Association v. Indemnity Mutual Marine Company, 157 Younge, Mr., 118 Zamora, the, 207 Zone, a danger, 59

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