_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.
INDEX
Abrogation of treaties, 234.
Absolutely contraband, what articles are, 304.
Accretion, acquisition of territory by, 102.
Acquisition of territorial jurisdiction, 98.
Admiralty law, a basis of international law, 10.
Africa, part.i.tion of, 92, 103, 104.
_See_ Spheres of Influence.
Agreements. _See_ Treaties.
Aids to the memory, what they are, 171
Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, 21, 155, 167, 206.
Alabama case. _See_ Geneva Arbitration.
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.
Amalfitan tables. _See_ Sea Laws.
Amba.s.sadors, sending of, 13; jurisdiction 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.
Amnesty, treaty of peace as to, 273.
Angary, 307 _n._
Appeal from prize courts, 30, 325.
Arbitration as a means of settling disputes, 219.
_See_ Geneva Arbitration, 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.
a.s.sa.s.sination, when forbidden, 253.
Asylum. _See_ Right of Asylum.
Austria, one of the Great Powers, 90; att.i.tude of, at the Congress of Troppau, 90; relations of, to the Triple Alliance, 92; convention of, as to the Suez Ca.n.a.l, 111; jurisdiction of, over foreign-born subjects, 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; neutralization of, 52, 92, 211, 212, 278; att.i.tude 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 of, 264-269; carriage of, 309.
Bering Sea, controversy as to, 113, 116, 117.
Berlin Conference, att.i.tude of, as to spheres of influence, 103; Berlin Decree of Napoleon, 315.
Berlin, treaty of, 206.
Bessarabia, cession of a portion of, 100.
Blockade, in case of United States of Colombia, 58; Pacific, 223-225; visit and search in case of, 311; history of, 314, 315; conditions of existence of, 315, 316; a war measure, 316; declaration of, 316; notification of, 316; must be effective, 317, 318; cessation of, 318, 319; violation of, 319, 320; continuous voyages in case of, 320-324.
Bombardment, 253.
Booty, 244.
Brazil, belligerency in case of, 58; neutrality of, 293.
Briefs of the conversation, 171.
British Guiana, boundary line of, 78.