The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-29
CONTRABAND GOODS
ON STEAMSHIPS

What constitutes contraband of war
has been thoroughly gone over with
the Collector of the Port at San Fran
cisco, who in an interview with the
San Francisco Bulletin, says:
Under and by virtue of public reso-
luton No. % passed by act of Congress,
approved April %, 1898, the President is
authorized in his discretion to prohibit
the export of coal or other material
used in war from any seaport of the
by him or by Congress.
1.-The President therefore. is vested
with discretion as to what, if any ar
prohibited export from the United
States.
Under and by virtue of the author
ity vested in him the President on
February IL, 1904, made a declaration
wherein, among other things, he per-
mits 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the flag is withdrawn from such arti-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 be1liger-
ent parties to the present war.
The term contraband of war COM
prehends only articles having beiliger-
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 naval vessels; arms and instruments
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 material; 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.
Goal, when destined for a naval sta
ton. a port of call, or a 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 doubtfulIy
or absolutely contrahand of war, and
such goods destined for either Russian
or japanese ports will not be protected
oy the American flag, but may be sub
ect to seizure.
Generally speaking. therefore. NUM-
lions of war and whatever is essential
o belligerents' support are contraband.
Merchandise may become such when
lestmed for port of equipment or for |
ne support Of an army.
IN such latter event the exporter