Chapter III Naval Warfare
Robbery the first object of maritime warfare
The piratical origin of European navies
Merciless character of wars at sea
Fortunes made by privateering in England
Privateers commissioned by the State
Privateers defended by the publicists
Distinction between privateering and piracy
Failure of the State to regulate privateering
Privateering condemned by Lord Nelson
Privateering abolished by the declaration of Paris in 1856
Modern feeling against seizure of private property at sea
Naval warfare in days of wooden ships
Unlawful methods of maritime war
The Emperor Leo VI.’s ‘Treatise on Tactics’
The use of fire-ships
Death the penalty for serving in fire-ships
Torpedoes originally regarded as ‘bad’ war
English and French doctrine of rights of neutrals
Enemy’s property under neutral flag secured by Treaty of Paris
Shortcomings of the Treaty of Paris with regard to—
1. A definition of what is contraband
2. The right of search of vessels under convoy
3. The practice of Embargoes
4. The Jus Angariæ
The International Marine Code of the future