tination to neutral ports, while the real destination is to belligerent ports, impress upon them the character of the belligerent in whose service they are employed, and cannot complain if they are seized and condemned as enemy property." See the preceding case, The Bermuda, 3 Wall. 514.
This was a case of a continuous voyage in the colonial trade of the enemy. The Court reviewed former cases and asked for further proof on the facts. On such further proof the court decreed restitution. See The William, 5 C. Rob. 385.
139. PRIZE AND PRIZE COURTS
The Ship La Manche, 2 Sprague, 207
This case held that captors are not liable for damages where the vessel captured presents probable cause for the capture, even though she was led into the predicament, involuntarily, and by the mistakes of the revenue officers of the captor's own government.
Abrogation of treaties, 234.
Absolutely contraband, what articles
are, 304.
Amnesty, treaty of peace as to, 273.
Angary, 307 n.
Appeal from prize courts, 30, 325.
Accretion, acquisition of territory Arbitration as a means of settling
Acquisition of territorial jurisdic-
tion, 98.
Admiralty law, a basis of interna-
tional law, 10.
Africa, partition of, 92, 103, 104.
See Spheres of Influence.
Agreements. See Treaties.
Aids to the memory, what they are,
171.
disputes, 219. See Geneva Arbi-
tration, Venezuela.
Armed neutralities of 1780 and 1800,
22, 278, 300, 315.
Armies, instructions for United
States, 331-367.
Armistices. See Flags of Truce.
Army, within the jurisdiction of
another state, 137, 138.
Assassination, when forbidden, 253.
Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, 21, 155, Asylum. See Right of Asylum.
167, 206.
Alabama case.
tration.
Alaska, sale of, to the United States,
101; territorial waters of, 116.
Aliens, rights of, as to naturalization,
125, 126; jurisdiction over, 130–133.
Alternat, use of, in signing treaties,
89, 169.
See Geneva Arbi-
Amalfitan tables. See Sea Laws.
Ambassadors, sending of, 13; juris-
diction of Supreme Court as to,
31; immunities of vessels carrying,
119; office of, in early days, 153,
154; rules as to, 154-159; suite of,
160; who may send, 160; who may
be sent as, 161, 162; credentials,
etc., of, 162 et seq.; ceremonial as
to, 165-170; functions of, 170-172;
termination of mission of, 172-175;
immunities and privileges of, 175-
182.
Austria, one of the Great Powers, 90;
attitude of, at the Congress of
Troppau, 90; relations of, to the
Triple Alliance, 92; convention of,
as to the Suez Canal, 111; juris-
diction of, over foreign-born sub-
jects, 123.
Balance of power in Europe, 75, 76;
intervention to preserve, 83.
Balloons, launching of projectiles,
etc., from, 253.
Base of operations, neutral territory
as, 288.
Bays, as affecting jurisdiction, 108;
as affecting neutrality, 287.
Belgium, recognition of, 44, 47; neu-
tralization of, 52, 92, 211, 212, 278;
attitude of Great Powers as to, 92;
jurisdiction of, as to foreign-born
subjects, 124; marriage, 125.
Belligerency, recognition of, 59–63.
Belligerents, non-hostile relations Ceremonials, inequalities in, 89;
of, 264-269; carriage of, 309.
Bering Sea, controversy as to, 113, Cessation of hostilities, 267, 271.
Berlin Conference, attitude of, as to
spheres of influence, 103; Berlin
Decree of Napoleon, 315.
Berlin, treaty of, 206.
Cession, as a means of acquiring
territory, 100; of jurisdiction,
101.
Chargés d'Affaires, rules as to, 156
et seq.
Bessarabia, cession of a portion of, Charitable institutions, 240.
100.
Blockade, in case of United States of
Colombia, 58; Pacific, 223-225;
visit and search in case of, 311; his-
tory of, 314, 315; conditions of ex-
istence of, 315, 316; a war measure,
316; declaration of, 316; notifica-
tion of, 316; must be effective, 317,
318; cessation of, 318, 319; viola-
tion of, 319, 320; continuous voy-
ages in case of, 320-324
Bombardment, 253.
Booty, 244.
Chile, belligerency in case of, 58;
right of asylum in, 181.
China, international law as applied
to, 5, 64; jurisdiction of, over
aliens, 131, 132; termination of
treaty of, with Japan, 215; treaty
of peace of, with Japan, 272.
Churches. See Religion.
Citizenship, as affected by naturali-
zation, 125-130.
Civil law. See Roman Law.
Civil war, intervention in case of,
85; when it begins, 230, 231.
Brazil, belligerency in case of, 58; Classification of treaties, 210-212.
Briefs of the conversation, 171.
British Guiana, boundary line of, 78.
British Orders in Council of 1807,
British South Africa Company, his-
tory of, 55.
Brussels conference, language used
in, 206; provisions of, 384-394.
Canada, fisheries of, 114-116.
Canals, Suez, 110-112; Panama, 112;
Nicaraguan, 112; Kiel, 112; neu-
tralization of, 279, 280.
Canning, George, on the neutrality
of the United States, 282.
Canon law, 9, 15.
Capitulation, what it is, 269; in ex-
cess of authority, 269.
Capture of hostile private property,
247, 257-259; goods as determined
by ownership, 299.
Cartel ship, exemption of, from cap-
ture, 245, 246; defined, 265.
Cartels, what they are, 201, 263, 265.
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, as laying
down new rules, 32; as to the
Panama or Nicaraguan Canal, 112.
Cleveland, President, attitude of,
as to United States of Colombia,
58; neutrality proclamation of,
284 n.
Coal, when not to be supplied to bel-
ligerents, 291; as contraband of
war, 305; auxiliary ships carry-
ing, 310.
Combatants, who are, 235-237.
Commencement of war, 229-231.
Common law, a basis of interna-
tional law, 10.
Condemnation for carrying contra-
band, 306.
Conditionally contraband,
articles are, 305.
Conference of London of 1871, 32.
Conferences and congresses as a
means of settling disputes, 218.
Confiscation of property in war, 241,
242.
Congo Free State, recognition of, 44;
neutralization of, 52.
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