The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-07-29
CONTRABAND OF WAR.

ship which is carrying supplies TO COM
batants. though belligerent must re-
| frain from such interference with law
fui commerce as is implied by the
seizure or detention of mails and nom
combatant passengers upon vessels on
the high seas, even though they may
be hound to a non-blockaded enemy's
port. For example, the United states
Government was free, during the civil
| War, to pursue, capture or sink Brit
ish blockade-runners but when on the
high seas, II stopped the British mail
steamer Trent and took Off the Con-
| federate commissioners and their
papers, II was obliged to restore both
and apologize. In the present war the
Russians captured and condemned the
British steamer Attention without pro-
test from London the Attention being
in the contraband trade. 1t is the
seizure of innocent neutrals and the
sinking of neutrals that had right
to present their cases before prize
court which Is making the trouble be-
tween Great Britain and Russia.
| The attitude of the United States to-
wards contraband of war was defined
| by President RooseveltJi in his procla-
nation of February II, 1904. In this
declaration the President permits the
citizens of the United States without
restriction to manufacture and sell
within the United States arms and
munitions of war and other articles
ordinarily known as "contraband of
war" He, however, declares that they
cannot carry such articles on the high
seas for the use of service of either
belligerents without mourning the risk
of hostile capture and the penalties an
nounced by the law of nations in that
| behalf Export therefore, of all
doubtful articles and merchandise is
not prohibited, but the protection of
| the flag is withdrawn from such arti-
cles If seized by either of the belliger-
ent parties to the present war.
The term contraband of war COM
prehends only articles having belliger-
ent destination, as to an enemy's port
or fleet. With this explanation the
following articles are, for the present,
to be treated as contraband:
Ordnance; machine guns and their
appliances, and the parts thereof; ar
NOR plate and whatever pertains to
the offensive and defensive armament
"
of iron steel, brass or copper, or of
any other material, such arms and in
struments being specially adapted for
use in war by land or sea; torpedoes
and their appurtenances; cases for
mines, of whatever materials; engineer
ing and transport materials, such as
gun carriages, caissons, cartridge box
es, campaigning FORCES, canteens, pom
toons. ordnance stores; portable range
finders; signal flags destined for naval
use; ammunition and explosives of all
kinds; machinery for the manufacture
of arms and munitions of war: salt
peter; military accouterments and
equipments of all sorts; horses.
Coal, when destined for a naval sta
ton, a port of call, or ship or ships
of the enemy: materials for the con-
struction of railways or telegraphs,
and money, when such materials or
money are destined for the enemy's
forces; provisions, when destined for
an enemy's ship or ships, or for place
that Is besieged or for the army.
These are articles understood by the
laws of nations TO be either doubtfully
or absolutely contraband of war, and
such goods destined for either Russian
or japanese ports will not be protected
by the American flag, but may be sub
ject to seizure.
Generally speaking, therefore, NUM- |
tions of war and whatever is essential
to belligerents support are contraband.
Merchandise may become such when
destined for port of equipment or for
the support of an army.
Ia, hA for
must take all such chances of seizure,
and must protect himself, If at all,
through war risk clauses in insurance
policies.
Goods not included in either of the
above categories of absolutely or con-
ditional contraband will be protected
by the American flag where the goods
are exported in merchant or other YES
sells of the United States.
Subject to this limitation as to war
risk and the penalties involved in cap
ture, there will be no prohibition upon
the export of merchandise of any char
acter whatever from American ports
destined to either of the countries of
Russia or Japan.
The cargo of the Korea is as follows:
10 bbls. -four, 2025 lbs. coffee, 800 lbs,
lard, 81 pkgs groceries and provisions,
ll6l cs. canned goods, 325 lbs. raisins,
1896 lbs. dried fruits, 1O,S2O lbs. sugar,
ASIA lbs hams and bacon 20 bzs. fresh
fruits, 80 pkgs. table preparations, S62I
lbs butter, 81 bales hay, . ctls. corn,
Is cts. barley, 321 lbs. cheese, S6i lbs
chocolate s cs. whisky 1928 gals. and
cs. wine, cs. liquors COZ lbs. and
cs. mill stuffs, SO drums chloride call
cium, 81 coils rope, 81 pcs, car material,
1856 pcs. and 10i bdls. pipe, 9Ol rolls and
IS cs. paper, rs pkgs. drugs and sun
dries. 46S bxs. soap. 296 cs bicycles and
sundries, PIG bdls. splice bars. 3 pkgs.
paper. 81 pkgs. electrical goods. l7l00
lbs tin foil, II cs. graphite, $3.50 pkgs,
roofing material, IS pkgs. agricultural
implements, bales hose. 80 bdls. wire,
ll6G cs alcohol. 1863, 500 lbs. soda ash.
l0i pkgs. rubber goods. II pkgs. paints
and oils, Sal, 1855 lbs. pig lead, 1918
lbs sheet lead, S54 pkgs, machinery.
horse, u bales dry goods, 10 bbls, tam
ming extract Ss5,Ss2 lbs, tan bark, IA
pkgs, typewriters, 81 bales compressed
pottnu lgil hhIs steel olNn nos unEle