ality (1911) 143

SECTION 4

_Neutral Hospitality_ 143

Belligerent Fleets in Neutral Waters (1905) 144
The _Appam_ (1916) 146

SECTION 5

_Carriage of Contraband_ 147

_Absolute and Conditional Contraband_ 147
Contraband of War (1898) 147
Is Coal Contraband of War? (1904) 149
Cotton as Contraband of War (1905) 151
" " " " (1916) 154
Japanese Prize Law (1905) 155
" " " (1915) 157

_Continuous Voyages_ 157
Prize Law (1900) 158
The _Allanton_ (1904) 161

_Unqualified Captors_ 162
The _Allanton_ (1904) 162

SECTION 6

_Methods of Warfare as affecting Neutrals_ 164

_Mines_ 164
Mines in the Open Sea (1904) 164
Territorial Waters (1904) 166

_Cable-cutting_ 168
Submarine Cables (1881) 168
" " in Time of War (1897) 169
" " " " " " ( " ) 171

SECTION 7

_Destruction of Neutral Prizes_ 173

Russian Prize Law (1904) 174
" " " ( " ) 177
" " " ( " ) 178
The Sinking of Neutral Prizes (1905) 179

SECTION 8

_An International Prize Court_ 181

An International Prize Court (1907) 182
A New Prize Law (1907) 183
" " " " ( " ) 186
" " " " ( " ) 189

SECTION 9

_The Naval Prize Bill_ 191

The Naval Prize Bill (1910) 192
" " " " (1911) 194
Naval Prize Money (1918) 195

SECTION 10

_The Declaration of London_ 196

The Declaration of London (1909) 196
" " " " (1910) 197
" " " " (1911) 199
" " " " ( " ) 202
" " " " ( " ) 203
" " " " (1915) 204
" " " " (1916) 205
Germany wrong again (1917) 207

INDEX 209

CHAPTER I

MEASURES SHORT OF WAR FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CONTROVERSIES

SECTION 1

_Friendly Measures_

Of the letters which follow, the first was suggested by a
petition presented in October, 1899, to the President of the
United States, asking him to use his good offices to terminate
the war in South Africa; the second by discussions as to the
advisability of employing, for the first time, an International
Commis