Policy of the United States Toward Maritime Commerce in War, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - United States |
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... ports to neutral ports but also from port to port of the enemy . ( 2 ) Article 26 also provided that , in the same case , free ships should " give a Freedom to Goods " with the exception of contraband . ( 3 ) Contra- band was strictly ...
... ports to neutral ports but also from port to port of the enemy . ( 2 ) Article 26 also provided that , in the same case , free ships should " give a Freedom to Goods " with the exception of contraband . ( 3 ) Contra- band was strictly ...
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... port to port of the belligerent powers ; ( 2 ) enemy goods , not contraband , should be free in neutral ships ; ( 3 ) contraband goods should be limited to arms and war supplies . It also included a statement that a blockaded port was ...
... port to port of the belligerent powers ; ( 2 ) enemy goods , not contraband , should be free in neutral ships ; ( 3 ) contraband goods should be limited to arms and war supplies . It also included a statement that a blockaded port was ...
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... port should be defined as one where there was " imminent danger " to ships at- tempting to enter or leave the port . This was the first American . statement on the subject of effective blockade . In this resolution of May 7 Congress ...
... port should be defined as one where there was " imminent danger " to ships at- tempting to enter or leave the port . This was the first American . statement on the subject of effective blockade . In this resolution of May 7 Congress ...
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... ports of their enemies , Secretary of State Jefferson on May 7 stated that such a stoppage on the way to an unblockaded port would be so unequivocal an infringement of neutral rights that he could not conceive that it would be attempted ...
... ports of their enemies , Secretary of State Jefferson on May 7 stated that such a stoppage on the way to an unblockaded port would be so unequivocal an infringement of neutral rights that he could not conceive that it would be attempted ...
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... port in France , to be stopped and sent into any British port , to be purchased by that Government or to be released only on the condition of security given by the master that he would proceed to dispose of his cargo in the ports of ...
... port in France , to be stopped and sent into any British port , to be purchased by that Government or to be released only on the condition of security given by the master that he would proceed to dispose of his cargo in the ports 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...