Policy of the United States Toward Maritime Commerce in War, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - United States |
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... authority from repetitions on one side and silent acquiescence on the other . Two years later Madison again protested a so - called blockade , this time to the British Chargé regarding that of Martinique and Guade- loupe . On October 27 ...
... authority from repetitions on one side and silent acquiescence on the other . Two years later Madison again protested a so - called blockade , this time to the British Chargé regarding that of Martinique and Guade- loupe . On October 27 ...
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... authority and more especially as com- municated to the United States by the British Minister in Washington . Madison stated that the eleventh article could not be admitted unless freed from the conditions which restricted to the market ...
... authority and more especially as com- municated to the United States by the British Minister in Washington . Madison stated that the eleventh article could not be admitted unless freed from the conditions which restricted to the market ...
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... authorities as were available to them , what were the neutral and belligerent rights in question , subject of course to adjudication by a prize court . These rights were determined by the standards of established inter- national law ...
... authorities as were available to them , what were the neutral and belligerent rights in question , subject of course to adjudication by a prize court . These rights were determined by the standards of established inter- national law ...
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... authorities and citizens of neutral states deprive it of the character of a notification of blockade . The Secretary of the Navy , on May 13 , instructed Commodore Connor , who commanded the Home Squadron , that in the existing war he ...
... authorities and citizens of neutral states deprive it of the character of a notification of blockade . The Secretary of the Navy , on May 13 , instructed Commodore Connor , who commanded the Home Squadron , that in the existing war he ...
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... authorities in international law . No action was taken on this subject by the first Hague Conference , but there was included in the final act of the Conference a resolution expressing the wish that the proposal for inviolability of ...
... authorities in international law . No action was taken on this subject by the first Hague Conference , but there was included in the final act of the Conference a resolution expressing the wish that the proposal for inviolability of ...
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Page 394 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 485 - Third. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 405 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 522 - In the absence of such provisions, the court shall apply the rules of international law. If no generally recognized rule exists, the court shall give judgment in accordance with the general principles of justice and equity.
Page 232 - Contracting parties, although the whole lading or any part thereof should appertain to the enemies of either, Contraband goods being always excepted. It is also agreed in like manner that the same liberty be extended to persons who are on board a free ship, with this effect that although they be enemies to both or either party, they are not to be taken out of that free Ship, unless they are officers or soldiers and in the actual service of the enemies...
Page 87 - ... enter or leave the blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port, for such proceedings against her and her cargo as prize as may be deemed advisable.
Page 444 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 323 - The articles of contraband before enumerated and classified, which may be found in a vessel bound for an enemy's port, shall be subject to detention and confiscation, leaving free the rest of the cargo and the ship, that the owners may dispose of them as they see proper. No...
Page 112 - Whatever may be the ulterior destination of a vessel or of her cargo, she cannot be captured for breach of blockade, if, at the moment, she is on her way to a non-blockaded port.
Page 161 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force...