PREFACE HE purpose of this work is to provide a full exposition of THE the rules of International Law which govern the commercial relations of the subjects of neutral and belligerent States. In treatises which embrace the whole range of International Law it is impracticable to do more than refer to authority in support of the propositions of law that may be advanced; the more limited scope of this work has enabled me to give full quotations from treaties, ordinances, judgments, and the opinions of great jurists; thus the reader is spared the tedious task of continual reference to other books. It is hoped that this treatise may prove useful not only to the lawyer, but to the shipowner and shipper, and also to that large class of public servants-diplomatists and consuls-who are compelled, many of them in remote parts of the earth, to discharge weighty and responsible functions in the protection of British commerce against the action of belligerents. Mr. Hugh H. L. Bellot has been associated with me in the preparation of this book to such a degree indeed, that I feel the expression on the title page, which his modesty dictates"assisted by "-inadequately denotes the large part he has taken in its production. It is unnecessary to say that his erudition and large experience as an author of books of law and general literature afford ample assurance of the excellence of his work. My grateful acknowledgments are also due to Mr. T. Baty, D.C.L., one of the secretaries of the International Law Associa tion, whose repute as a writer on International Law gives peculiar value to the suggestions he has been good enough to make, and the many valuable emendations and additions he has contributed. With his kind consent I dedicate this work to my Right Honourable friend Mr. Asquith, K.C., M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, felicitously for the purposes of this dedication, combines the attributes of a great lawyer and a distinguished statesman. 4 PAPER BUILDINGS, TEMPLE L. A. ATHERLEY-JONES Assieviedo v. Cambridge, Lucas, 79 Atlanta, The, 3 Wall., 425 Atlanta, The, 2 Sprague, 251 Atlas, The, 3 Rob., 299 Attorney-General v. Sillem, 2 H. & C., 431 Atty, Dawson v., 7 East, 367 Austin Friars Steam Shipping Co. v. Strack, [1905] 2 K. B. 315 Baigorry, The, 2 Wall., 474 Ballam, Justin v., 1 Salk., 34 Baltazzi v. Ryder, 12 M00. P. C. C., 173 (and see the Panaghia Rhomba) Blagge v. N. Y. Insurance Co., 1 Caines, 549 Blenden Hall, The, 1 Dods., 414 Brita Cecilia, The, Marriott, 234 British Consul, The, v. The Mermaid, Bee's Am. Ad. Rep., 69 Brutus, The, 5 Rob., 331 and Appx. Buenos Ayres Prize-money, I Dods., 28 Calchas, The Calypso, The (Schultz), 2 Rob., 298 Calypso, The, 2 Rob., 154 48, 49, 61, 87 Cambridge, Assievedo v., Lucas, 79 Cancre v. Union Insurance Co., Cond. Marsh, 406a Cape of Good Hope, 2 Rob., 274 Carl, The, Spinks, 238 Carlos F. Roses, The, 177 U. S. Rep., 655 Carlotta, The, 4 Rob., 156 601 Catharina Elizabeth, The, 5 Rob., 232; 1 Acton, 309 362, 365, 368, 514, 586, 597, 598 PAGE Catharine and Anna, The, 4 Rob., 39 Ceylon, The, I Dods., 105 Charlotta, The, Edw., 252 Charlotte, The (Koltzenberg), 5 Rob., 305. Charlotte, The (Witt), 5 Rob., 281 Charlotte, The (Focks), 5 Rob., 275 Charlotte Christine, The, 6 Rob., 101 Charlotte Sophia, The, 1 Acton, 56; 6 Rob., 204 (n.) Christopher, The, 2 Rob., 209 Comet, The, Edw 32. Comet, The, 5 Rob., 96 Commercen, The, 1 Wheat., 382 Concordia, The, 2 Rob., 102 Concordia Affinitatis, The, 1 Marriott, 169 Conferenzrath, The, 6 Rob., 362 Conserva, The, 38 Federal Rep., 431 Constantia, The, 6 Rob., 261 (n.) Convenientia, The, 4 Rob., 201 Cornelius, The, 3 Wall., 214 Croudson v. Leonard, 4 Cranch, 434 Dashing Wave, The, 5 Wall., 170 Delaware Insurance Co., King v., 6 Cranch, 71 Decatur v. U. S., Div. Ct. Cl., 201 Del Col v. Arnold, 3 Dell., 333 517, 523 |