Absolute contraband. See Contraband
Abstention, 129
Acquiescence, State duty of, 129, 130, 133, 136
Actæon, the, 176, 179
Acts of Parliament, 61, 63
Admiralty Manual of Prize Law, 156, 159, 192
Aerial warfare, 61
Air, opposite views as to rights over, 64, 65
Aircraft in war, 69
Alabama, the, 131, 183
Alexander, Mrs., the cotton of, 153
Alien enemies, civil disabilities of, 47, 49, 205
Allanton, the, 158, 161, 162, 163
Ancipitis usus, articles, 148
Angarie, Droit d', 170
Appam, the, 146
Arabia, the, 152
Arbitration, 1-6, 184
treaties, general, 6, 7
treaties, limited, ib.
cases fit for, 5
the Hague tribunal of, 5
Armaments, limitation of, 184
Armed civilians, 77
Neutralities, the, 83
Army, duties of, 77
Article 23 (h), 47, 49, 206, 207
restricting application, 146
Aspirations, 99
Assassination, 93
Asturias, the, 60
Asylum to belligerent warships, 129, 143
Atalanta, the, 160
Aube, Admiral, 116
Authentic interpretation, 107, 196, 199, 201, 205


Baden-Powell, Sir G., 81, 85, 87
Baker, Sir Sherston, 85
Balfour, Mr. A.J., 13, 15, 73, 74, 173
Balloons, projectiles from, 30, 62
Base of operations, neutral duty as to, 129, 134, 144, 145
Baty, Dr. T., 161
Bays, 166, 167
Belligerents, lawful, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79
Beresford, Lord Charles, 118
Bermuda, the, 160
Bills criticised, 36-40, 47, 192
Birkenhead, Lord, 135
Bismarck, Prince, 170
Bliss, Sir H., 150
Blockade,
belligerent, 29, 83, 156
fictitious, 57, 59
pacific, 9-14, 17
Bluntschli's reply to Von Moltke, 26
Bombardment, 62
of open coast towns, 30, 62
from the air, 112, 123
Bondholders, foreign, vindication of rights of, 15
Bowles, Mr. Gibson, 54, 87, 89, 90, 92, 141, 173, 177, 178, 198
Brandschatz, 117
Brassard, effect of a, 79
Bright, Sir Charles, 171, 172
British Academy, author's paper at, 174
British Manual of Military Law, 74
Handbooks on War on Land, 75, 76
Brodrick, Mr., 75
Brown v. United States, 45
Brusa, Prof., 130
Brussels Conference, the, of 1874, 68, 74, 77, 114, 172
Bullets,
expanding, 22, 94, 96
explosive, 22, 94, 95
in savage warfare, 94
Bundesrath, the, 29, 157, 160
Butler, General B.F., 153
Bynkershoek, 45, 71, 165, 166


Cable-cutting, 30, 168-173
Cables, submarine, 168
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., 189
Captors, unqualified, 71, 73, 162, 163
Carson, Sir Edward, 127
Cavell, Miss, case of, 79
Calchas, the, 151, 152, 153
Cecil, Lord Robert, 8, 207
Channel tunnel, 42
Chavasse, ex parte, 137
Civilians armed, position of, 77, 78, 79
Churchill, Mr. Winston, 106
Claims, competitive, 17
Clarke, Sir Edward, 124
Clode, Mr., 112
Closed localities, 50
Clothing, use of enemy, 75
Coal, 176
conditional contraband, 149
for belligerent fleet, 131, 134
Coast fishing vessels, 30
Codification of laws of war, 22, 23
Cohen, Mr. Arthur, 47, 203
Coltman, Mr., 85
Commencement of war, 41
Commercen, the, 159
Commissioning on the High Seas, 90
Commissions of enquiry, 4
Compromise, the, between belligerent and neutral rights, 133, 136, 164, 169
Conditional contraband. See Contraband
Conduct of warfare between belligerents, 50
Conflict of Laws, 34, 35
Continuous voyages, 29, 157, 162, 183
"Contraband, a happy little," 153
Contraband of war,
what it is, 130, 134, 159, 175
absolute and conditional, 147, 151, 152, 154, 158
British proposal to abolish doctrine of, 163, 184, 185
coal, how far, 132, 134, 149, 176
cotton, how far, 151, 152, 177
food-stuffs, how far, 176, 185
Japanese rules as to, 149, 155, 156
misuse of the term, 134
no neutral duty to prohibit export of, 113, 140
Russian rules as to, 154, 176
the Declaration of London as to, 164
the two constituents of, 159
Contractual debts, 21
Contributions, 102, 118
Conventions. See Geneva, Hague, &c.
and Legislation, 36
"transitoires," 198
Conversion. See Transformation
Convoy, 31
Cotton, 177
as contraband, 149, 151, 152
Court of International Justice, a permanent, 2, 191
Criticism of Bills, 36-40, 192
Customs Consolidation Act, 1853, 132


Danger zone, a, 59
Dardanelles, closing of, 55, 58, 80, 90, 92
"Declaration," misuse of the term, 90, 92, 206
Declaration, the, of London, 22, 36, 39, 80, 92, 147, 149, 154, 155, 158, 161, 163, 164, 181, 191, 193-207
provisional adoption of, as modified, 154, 204
rejection of, 206, 207
Declaration, the, of Paris, 22, 26, 57, 59, 80, 81, 82, 83, 87, 89, 156, 198
accession to, of Spain and Mexico, 81, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91
Declaration, the, of St. Petersburg, 22, 27, 91, 95, 96, 97
von Moltke upon, 25
Declaration of war, 10, 41, 43
Declarations,
mistaken view as to their not needing ratification, 90, 91
the three, of the Hague in 1899. See Hague
De Horsey, Admiral, 118, 164
De Joinville, Prince, 117
De Martens, Prof., 162, 166, 176, 200
Deposit of delict, 158
Despatches, enemy, 156, 158, 160
Destination, 8, 155, 156
Destruction of neutral prizes, 22, 173-181
Dickenson, Mr. Lowes, 125
Direct U.S. Cable Co. v. Anglo-American Tel. Co., 166
Disguise, 75, 76
Distinctive marks, 77, 79
Doelwijk, the, 161
Drago doctrine, the, 20
Droit d'angarie, the, 170
Dum-dum bullet. See Bullets
Durward, the, 60


Embargo, 11
Enemy,
who is an ?, 401
disabilities of, 47, 49, 206
goods in neutral bottoms, 83
in occupied territory, 102
merchant vessels at outbreak, 45, 49
property on land, 102
property at sea, 29, 104, 184
resident at outbreak, 44
service, 157, 158, 186
"Englishman's Home, An," the play, 77
Enquiry, international Commissions of, 1, 3, 4, 6
Evans, Sir Samuel, 70


False colours, 30, 43, 76
Fauchille, M., 47, 64, 65
Felicity, the, 164, 166, 167, 175, 177, 179
Fiore, Prof., 201
Fishing vessels, 31
Flag of truce, 76
Food-stuffs, 148, 174
how far contraband, 148, 176, 185
Food, Royal Commission on, 148, 174, 177
Foreign Enlistment Acts, the, 131, 134, 138, 139, 141, 143
Foreign Enlistment Bills, new, 39
Foreign soldiers, 45
Forster, Arnold-, Mr., 45
Fox, the, 176, 177
Fram, the, 137
Francs-tireurs, 79
"Freedom of the seas," 51, 97
French Government Manual for Land Warfare, 117
Friendly methods of settlement, 1


Gases, harmful, whether employment of, legitimate, 22, 96, 97
Geffken, Prof., 13
General principles of justice and equity, the, 187, 189, 190, 193
Geneva Convention Bill, 36
Geneva Conventions, the, 22, 34, 67, 98, 100
application of, to maritime warfare, 30, 98
Gentili, A., 170
Germany. Cf. Hague Conventions
proclamation by, of a danger zone, 59
wrong as to Declaration of London, 207
Giffen, Sir R., 13
Gladstone, Mr., 134
Goeben and Breslau, the, 91
Golden Rocket, the, 85
Good offices, 1, 2, 3
Government authority, as a protection, 72
Government Bills and International Conventions, 36-40, 192, 195, 204
Granville, Lord, 82, 85, 131, 170, 177
Greek coast, blockade of, 13
Guerilla warfare, 73
Gundel, General de, 48
Grotius, 45, 148, 155, 166, 168, 169


Haabet, the, 160
Hague Conventions, the,
of 1889, 1, 2, 3, 6, 30, 61, 74, 75, 94, 102, 105, 107, 120, 184
of 1907, 1, 6
applicable only between contracting Powers, 69
No. i., 2, 3, 6
No. ii., 21, 22
No. iii., 22, 36, 44
No. iv., 22, 45, 60, 61, 67, 75, 76, 77, 96, 105, 107, 122, 168, 206
No. v., 22, 68, 75, 80, 90, 135, 168
No. vi., 22, 45, 70
No. vii., 22, 162
No. viii., 22, 45, 164
No. ix., 22, 68, 122
No. x., 22, 100, 130
No. xi., 22, 158
No. xii., 22, 36, 190, 194, 195, 197, 204
No. xiii., 22, 129, 143, 146
Hague Declarations, the, 22, 30, 61, 62, 63, 64, 96
Hague Règlements, the, as to war on land, 75, 76, 78, 93, 95, 100
Hague Tribunal, the, 5
reference to, not obligatory, 25
Haldane, Mr. R.B., 45
Hall, Mr. W.E., on pacific blockade, 13
Harcourt, Sir W., 74
Hardinge, Sir C., 152
Herbert, Mr. Arnold, 182, 184
Holland, Sir T.E., references to writings of, 8, 9, 20, 23, 35, 44, 47, 50, 52, 66, 75, 97, 113, 122, 164, 168, 180, 192, 196
Honour and vital interests clause, the, 4, 5, 6
Horses, wounded, 98, 100
Horsey, Adml., 118, 164, 166
Hostile assistance, 88, 157, 160, 186
Hübner,