The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-11
IIESE Ar ICI
not CON I1ABlI|

s. Ihe term &contEabantI ofSSrs COM
Z prehends only articles hay Wing bel
3 ltgerent destinat on. III s
f4 Among articles absolute contra
! band it declared ordnance, ID acIines
y guns and other articles of mi itars or
4 naval warfare. It declared AS eondEs
4 tionally contraband coal, when des
& tined for a naval station a port ofs
call. or a ship or ships Of the enemy
1t likewise declared provision Ioshas
fconditionally contraband when desss
/ tined for the enemy's ship or st ips an
4 for place that is besieged. Z,
The above rules as to#articles abs
soIutely or condi tionaiIs IL contraba1ld
of war we're adopted III the NavaEsygar
Code. promulgated by the Navy De-
partment June %, 800 sss5s5s
While 1t appears from the deeu-
ments mentioned that rice. fondstu ST.
horses. beasts OF bur den and tliers
animals, which may be used III line
of war are declared to- he contrah hand
of war only when they are TRANSPORTS
| for account of or Ia destInai on Jns thess
enemy, yet all kinds of fuei. s itch
coal. naptha, alcohol. are class
along with arm mum
other articles Intended for
Hand or sea.
Port of Destinatio ion.
The test in determinfng
articles ancipitis usus on cont ahand
of war is their destina ton llsS
military uses OF bel igersia
Dana in his notes to Wheaton
ternational Law, sd VS.
The chief circumst ances Of A Int
would naturally be the port asts s
nation. # that is "a nav Tar ssflal SssrsS
a port in which Vessels af
usually fitted out. orr which
is lying, or a garrison
place from which q mil itary es ped
Of military use would lie raised mos
or less strongly a coTdirg be- ciss5ss
cumstances.ss,sSs
b In the wars OF 1883 and Goa Lss
was declared by France not tosbg4 csssisss
traband. During the8I attess wa g zresftss
Britain held that hes character 8enat
depended upon its id estinat ton md
fused to permit vessels IT'D sal a Bag
1t to the French feet III tae TOR
Sea. Where coal On 8 other fs
shipped to porf 81 a bellfge ren
no presume ton gafnst It's paci
to condem ft az absoIutel eonerssss
band would seem { Ri . rasas 81
measure.
Mr.. Hall ins his treatise on 81 err az
tional law says During 4 ssf
African conference. In 1Ss TstIssIa
took occasion to dissent igorens1g
from the inclusion of coal anuongs
articles contraband of and
clarel that she would categs icaII
refuse her consent to any artfcl es
whatever w tich wou1d irnpls Tes: s
ognition as such. &
Principle MI gas re Extended
We are also informed that & sisss
tended to treat raw cotton rs con
traband of war. While IL yis true
raw cotton could be made up IN 10 Rsis
for the mi itary uses of al bel sas
ligerent, military use for the supply
of an army or garrison mi possisgSs
bly, be nadeof foodstnffs ofEeF de-
scription which mi Oh be siai I'D Isl
from neutral ports
blockaded ports of a bell gerent.
~
therefore. be extended 50 ais
to every article of human ss
might be declared cont band 81
simply because it mi aseI
become in any degree Y aflI bel
Iiserent for NIL itarY poses. Sl8Ss
{ Coal and other fuel and eoEt On
for a great innoean
Many nation are depend
ent on them for the coHduct af
industries. and nos suf nefsn
OF N intend
use seems to be afforded by
fact of their d stinat ior,
If the treatment Coal and t,flles
.uel and raw cotton as absoluteI sscoil
raband of war: mi ht ssii innate lsad
o total Inhibition OF til "a SAL
,eutrals to the people Of bell gersH
tates of all articles which could
inally converted to mil II
such an extension OF he
# treating coal and
nd raw cotton as absolnteI " contra
and Of war simply because they are
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