International Law SituationsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 |
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... becoming less and less an attempt to destroy innocent commerce . To capture all neutral vessels bound for enemy ports , provided they are so con- structed that they might be converted into vessels which could be used for hostile ...
... becoming less and less an attempt to destroy innocent commerce . To capture all neutral vessels bound for enemy ports , provided they are so con- structed that they might be converted into vessels which could be used for hostile ...
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... become itself merchan- dise when an object of sale for warlike purposes . That it may move under its own power makes no difference ; it may become an object of trade , and as such its charac- ter may be determined by the use which it is ...
... become itself merchan- dise when an object of sale for warlike purposes . That it may move under its own power makes no difference ; it may become an object of trade , and as such its charac- ter may be determined by the use which it is ...
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... become an instrument of hostility against the United States ? The nature of its construc- tion makes this a possible or even a probable event , unless there be some guaranty to the contrary . It is plainly the duty of the officer to ...
... become an instrument of hostility against the United States ? The nature of its construc- tion makes this a possible or even a probable event , unless there be some guaranty to the contrary . It is plainly the duty of the officer to ...
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... become compulsory on those nations which have not yet signified their voluntary adherence to it . ' The difficulty with regard to ships not built primarily as men - of - war lies in the fact that few fast steamers are altogether ...
... become compulsory on those nations which have not yet signified their voluntary adherence to it . ' The difficulty with regard to ships not built primarily as men - of - war lies in the fact that few fast steamers are altogether ...
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... become a subject for consideration and that they can not be regarded as other than contraband in some instances . When so regarded , an officer would be justified by international law in seiz- ing the vessel as itself contraband ...
... become a subject for consideration and that they can not be regarded as other than contraband in some instances . When so regarded , an officer would be justified by international law in seiz- ing the vessel as itself contraband ...
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Acapulco action allowed American arms army authorities Barrundia bays belligerent ship belligerent vessels Bluefields British cable captain capture citizens claim coal coast commander contraband contraband of war Convention courts crews cruiser Department dispatch Droit enemy enter force Foreign Relations Government granted Guatemala guerre harbor hostile Huascar implied insurgents insurrection International Law Japanese justified land laws of war legation limit Madriz Majesty's Government maritime martial law ment merchant vessel miles military operations minister nations naval Naval War College navires Navy necessary neutral port neutral territory neutral vessels neutre newspaper correspondents Nicaraguan NOTES ON SITUATION officer opinion owners permitted persons pirates position prisoners prisoners of war proclamation prohibition protection refugees regard regulations right of asylum roadstead Russian Russo-Japanese war says sovereign steamer steamship Yulu supplies telegraph territorial jurisdiction tion tral treaty troops twenty-four hours rule United warlike purposes waters
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Page 72 - States for any ship or vessel to the intent that she may be employed as aforesaid. 10. Increasing or augmenting, or procuring to be increased or augmented, or knowingly being concerned in increasing or augmenting the force of any ship of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel, which at...
Page 74 - ... things as may be requisite for the subsistence of her crew, and except so much coal only as may be sufficient to carry such vessel to the nearest port of her own country, or to some nearer destination, and no coal shall...
Page 22 - ... of active military operations, where war really prevails, there is a necessity to furnish a substitute for the civil authority, thus overthrown, to preserve the safety of the army and society ; and as no power is left but the military, it is allowed to govern by martial rule until the laws can have their free course.
Page 86 - ... either of which cases the authorities of the port, or of the nearest port (as the case may be), shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours, without permitting her to take in supplies beyond what may be necessary for her immediate use ; and no such vessel which may have been...
Page 74 - No ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall be permitted, while in any port, harbor, roadstead or waters within the jurisdiction of the United States, to take in any supplies except provisions and such other things as may be requisite for the subsistence of her crew...
Page 21 - If, in foreign invasion or civil war, the courts are actually closed, and it is impossible to administer criminal justice according to law, then, on the theatre of active military operations, where war really prevails, there is a necessity to furnish a substitute for the civil authority thus overthrown...
Page 132 - All that can reasonably be asserted is, that the dominion of the sovereign of the shore over the contiguous sea extends as far as is requisite for his safety, and for some lawful end.
Page 120 - All soldiers, of whatever species of arms ; all men who belong to the rising en masse of the hostile country; all those who are attached to the army for its efficiency and promote directly the object of the war, except such as are hereinafter provided for ; all disabled men or officers on the field or elsewhere, if captured ; all enemies who have thrown away their arms and ask for quarter, are prisoners of war, and as such exposed to the inconveniences as well as entitled to the privileges of a prisoner...
Page 109 - A person can only be considered a spy when, acting clandestinely or on false pretences, he obtains or endeavors to obtain information in the zone of operations of a belligerent, with the intention of communicating it to the hostile party.
Page 71 - ... or a merchant ship) shall have previously departed, until after the expiration of at least twenty-four hours from the departure of such last-mentioned vessel beyond the jurisdiction of the United States.