The Law of Contraband of War |
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absolute contraband acts American civil war arms belli belligerent Bonfils Britain British capture cargo carriage of contraband chap commerce condemnation conditional contraband confiscation Cont continuous voyage contraband articles contraband of war contrebande de guerre convoy Declaration of London Declaration of Paris droit des gens droit international enemy enemy's England export France Gentilis gerent German Hague Hist Holland hostile destination I. L. ii infra intended international law King Kleen law of contraband law of nations Lawr Letts liable maritime Martens merchant military munitions naval Neut neutral country neutral government neutral port neutral power neutral sovereign neutral trade neutral vessel neutres Order in Council P. P. Misc Paris Pearce Higgins practice principle prize courts prize law proclamation prohibited provisions rules Russia Russo-Japanese war ships Spain subjects supplies supra tion trade in contraband transport treated as contraband treaty Twiss United Völkerrechts warlike Westlake Wheat
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Page 66 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the high contracting parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Page 215 - The following articles may, without notice, be treated as contraband of war, under the name of absolute contraband: (1) Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their distinctive component parts.
Page 132 - The following may not be declared contraband of war: (1) Raw cotton, wool, silk, jute, flax, hemp, and other raw materials of the textile industries, and yarns of the same. (2) Oil seeds and nuts; copra. (3) Rubber, resins, gums, and lacs ; hops. (4) Raw hides and horns, bones and ivory. (5) Natural and artificial manures, including nitrates and phosphates for agricultural purposes. (6) Metallic ores.
Page 242 - Article 35 of the said Declaration, conditional contraband shall be liable to capture on board a vessel bound for a neutral port if the goods are consigned "to order," or if the ship's papers do not show who is the consignee of the goods, or if they show a consignee of the goods in territory belonging to or occupied by the enemy.
Page 80 - In pursuance of this policy, the laws of the United States do not forbid their, citizens to sell to either of the belligerent Powers articles contraband of war, or to take munitions of war or soldiers on board their private ships for transportation; and although, in so doing, the individual citizen exposes his property or person to some of the hazards of war, his acts do not involve any breach of national neutrality, nor of themselves implicate the Government.
Page 81 - ... carrying officers, soldiers, despatches, arms, military stores, or materials, or any article or articles considered and deemed to be contraband of war according to the law or modern...
Page 124 - By the modern law of nations, provisions are not, in general, deemed contraband; but they may become so, although the property of a neutral, on account of the particular situation of the war, or on account of their destination. If destined for the ordinary use of life in the enemy's country they are not, in general, contraband; but it is otherwise if destined for military use. Hence, if destined for the army or navy of the enemy, or for his ports of naval or military equipment, they are deemed contraband.
Page 250 - Articles of camp equipment, and their distinctive component parts. (9) Armour plates. (10) Warships, including boats, and their distinctive component parts of such a nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war. (11) Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of munitions of war, for the manufacture or repair of arms, or war material for use on land or sea.
Page 68 - A neutral Government is bound to employ the means at its disposal to prevent the fitting out or arming of any vessel within its jurisdiction which it has reason to believe is intended to cruise, or engage in hostile operations, against a Power with which that Government is at peace.
Page 173 - ... not to deliver occasional and shifting opinions, to serve present purposes of particular national interest, but to administer with indifference that justice which the law of nations holds out, without distinction to independent states, some happening to be neutral and some to be belligerent. The seat of judicial authority is, indeed, locally here, in the belligerent country, according to the known law and practice of nations ; but the law itself has no locality.