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such state to adopt or reIinquish .
certain course Of conduct. Reprisals
are almost certain to result in war il
the nation subjected thereto feels that
its strength will in any way justify il
in entering on hostilities. ~ -.-.
Blockade: Is war measure,
that sometimes has been introduced In
times of peace as measure of con-
straint. The practise of nations has
differed but the later tendency is to
exercise the blockade only against
vessels belonging to the nation whose
ports are blockaded and to allow YES.
sells Of other states to pass freely and
1t 10 only when Il is limited in effect
that Its legality is admitted by states.
men and publicists. -. II,
During a state of war all the sub
jects of one belligerent are enemies
OF all the subjects of the other. Ev-
cry kind Of trade or commercial deal
ing or intercourse between the sub.
jects Of the belligerent powers is alb.
solutely forbidden and all vessels or
other kinds of property engaged in
trade with the enemy are subject to
condemnation - .....= III.
"A belligerent vessel of war can.
not be sold or transferred to a neu-
trail, even in. neutral port, so as to
exempt her from seizure, however
bonafide the transaction may be-
That property of the enemy is
generally liable to capture at sea is
conceded, the only important excep-
ton being the case of enemy cargoes
in neutral vessels which are now quite
frequently exempt
There have been, however, many
suggestions in favor of exempting
such property from capture on the
sea as it is now exempt on land. The
United States has always taken a.
strong position in favor of such a
rule and the same disposition has
been shown by some European govern
ments. Up to this time, England, as.
the possessor of great navy, has
been its chief opponent, but there is
now strong sentiment in that coun-
try in its favor, in view of the great.
ness of its mercantile marine, and
there seems reason to think that, sup
ported as the doctrine is by nearly all
the writer's of the different nations
the practise in conformity with this
view will greatly extend.
Ransom Is a repurchase by the
original owner from the captof of
property, most generally a vessel or
its cargo, which has beer seized as
prize. Ransom has beer prohibited in
Great Britain since the beginning of
the nineteenth century as tending to
relax the energies of war.
Ransom is carried into effect by
the commander of the captured ves.4
sci giving to the captor ransom bill
by which be agrees that 4 stipulated
sum shall DE paid to the captor.band
this acts as a safe conduct against
capture, by other ships of war until
arrival at stipulated port. When
ransoms were permitted in England
the English courts refused to allow
during the war. but this objection to
suit has not obtained in other coun-
tries.
ga neutral state is under the alb.
solute obligation. to do nothing which
will aid one belligerent to the injury
of the other. The nation is in general
not to furnish munitions of war to a.
belligerent-. But there is no obligation
upon 1t to prevent it's subjects from
doing SO. and, neutral subjects may
freely cell At home to a belligerent
or oarriers to belligerent
power, arms and munitions of war
subject only to the possibility of their
seizure as contraband while in tran
sit. n
UNITED States Supreme Court, 3D.
Wall. 514.'
at is highly probable that the Init,
cd States will maintain that both
Great Britain and Germany ere violat-
ing the law of nations, ana it is Of The
greatest interest to all nations that
the extraordinary claims made by
these, powers respectively should be
settled now, and not pass lrto 4 rule.
on account of the success of the one
or the other of these contestants. We
of the United States are claiming neu-
tral rights, and we should see 20 II
that they are not destroyed. They are
HlOA CtAAnpOAAonN lslCts"N a. ~
than is the success of the one or the
ether OF the present belligerents.
England has now In her ports n
American ships with their cargoes
She holds nearly all OF them on the
ground that they were carrying food
that must eventually reach Germany.
1t seems to US that Engiond is claim.
ing too much rhen she says she may
destroy the commerce OF the UnitedI
States on the high seas. being only
liable to pay the value of the vessels
and the cargo There is principle
involved which We cannot we'll admit.
no matter how friendly VIC may feel
to Great Britain. The high seas are
as much the territory of the United
States as they are that of Great Brit
ain, and as much the territory Of any
ether neutral nation, no matter how
small, as they are of Great Britain
Unless we admit that might makes
right, and that England is dictator to
whom all nations must bow, we must
seriously object to this capture of neu-
tral vessels IN the high seas and the