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Letters to The Times upon War and Neutrality

by Thomas Erskine Holland

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  1. 1Preface to the First Edition
  2. 2Chapter I — Measures Short of War for the Settlement of Internation…
  3. 3The Petition to the President of the United States
  4. 4Commissions of Enquiry and the Hague Convention
  5. 5The League of Nations
  6. 6Section 2 — Pacific Reprisals
  7. 7The Blockade of the Menam
  8. 8Pacific Blockade
  9. 9The Venezuelan Controversy
  10. 10The Venezuela Protocol
  11. 11War and Reprisals
  12. 12Chapter II — Steps Towards a Written Law of War
  13. 13Count von Moltke on the Laws of Warfare
  14. 14Professor Bluntschli’s Reply to Count von Moltke
  15. 15The United States Naval War Code
  16. 16A Naval War Code
  17. 17Chapter III — Terminology
  18. 18Chapter IV — Conventions and Legislation
  19. 19Government Bills and International Conventions
  20. 20The Present Bill in Parliament
  21. 21The Foreign Enlistment Bill
  22. 22Chapter V — The Commencement of War — Section 1 — Declaration of War
  23. 23The Sinking of the Kowshing
  24. 24Section 2 — The Immediate Effects of the Outbreak of War
  25. 25Foreign Soldiers in England
  26. 26The Naval Prize Bill — Civil Disabilities of Enemy Subjects
  27. 27Enemy Ships in Port
  28. 28Chapter VI — The Conduct of Warfare
  29. 29“The Freedom of the Seas”?
  30. 30The Suez Canal
  31. 31The Suez Canal
  32. 32The Suez Canal
  33. 33The Closing of the Dardanelles
  34. 34The Closing of the Dardanelles
  35. 35The German Threat
  36. 36Section 4 — Aerial Warfare
  37. 37The Debate on Aeronautics
  38. 38The Aerial Navigation Act — Practical Difficulties
  39. 39Sovereignty Over the Air
  40. 40Attack From the Air — The Enforcement of International Law
  41. 41Attack From the Air — The Rules of International Law
  42. 42Germany and the Hague
  43. 43“The Pirates”
  44. 44Submarine Crews
  45. 45Mr. Wilson’s Note
  46. 46Guerilla Warfare
  47. 47The Russian Use of Chinese Clothing
  48. 48The Rights of Armed Civilians
  49. 49Civilians in Warfare — The Right to Take Up Arms
  50. 50Civilians and a Raid
  51. 51Miss Cavell’s Case
  52. 52Section 7 — Privateering
  53. 53Our Mercantile Marine in War Time
  54. 54Our Mercantile Marine in War Time
  55. 55Our Mercantile Marine in War
  56. 56The Declaration of Paris
  57. 57The Declaration of Paris
  58. 58The Declaration of Paris
  59. 59The Declaration of Paris
  60. 60The Natal Proclamation
  61. 61Bullets in Savage Warfare
  62. 62Section 10 — The Geneva Convention
  63. 63Wounded Horses in War
  64. 64Section 11 — Enemy Property in Occupied Territory
  65. 65International “Usufruct”
  66. 66Requisitions in Warfare
  67. 67Private Property at Sea
  68. 68Section 13 — Martial Law
  69. 69The Executions at Pretoria
  70. 70The Petition of Right
  71. 71The Petition of Right
  72. 72Martial Law in Natal
  73. 73Section 14 — The Naval Bombardment of Open Coast Towns
  74. 74Naval Atrocities
  75. 75The Naval Manœuvres
  76. 76The Naval Manœuvres
  77. 77Naval Bombardments of Unfortified Places
  78. 78Section 15 — Belligerent Reprisals
  79. 79Undesirable Peace Talk
  80. 80Chapter VII — The Rights and Duties of Neutrals — Section 1 — The C…
  81. 81Professor de Martens on the Situation
  82. 82Neutrals and the Laws of War
  83. 83Section 2 — The Duties of Neutral States, and the Liabilities of Ne…
  84. 84Contraband of War
  85. 85Coal for the Russian Fleet
  86. 86German War Material for Turkey
  87. 87Section 3 — Neutrality Proclamations
  88. 88The British Proclamation of Neutrality
  89. 89The British Proclamation of Neutrality
  90. 90The British Proclamation of Neutrality
  91. 91The Proclamation of Neutrality
  92. 92Section 4 — Neutral Hospitality
  93. 93Belligerent Fleets in Neutral Waters
  94. 94The Appam
  95. 95Section 5 — Carriage of Contraband. (Absolute and Conditional Contr…
  96. 96Contraband of War
  97. 97Is Coal Contraband of War?
  98. 98Cotton as Contraband of War
  99. 99Cotton as Contraband
  100. 100Japanese Prize Law
  101. 101Japanese Prize Law
  102. 102Prize Law
  103. 103Section 6 — Methods of Warfare as Affecting Neutrals
  104. 104Mines in the Open Sea
  105. 105Territorial Waters
  106. 106Submarine Cables
  107. 107Submarine Cables in Time of War
  108. 108Submarine Cables in Time of War
  109. 109Section 7 — Destruction of Neutral Prizes
  110. 110Russian Prize Law
  111. 111Russian Prize Law
  112. 112Russian Prize Law
  113. 113The Sinking of Neutral Prizes
  114. 114Section 8 — An International Prize Court
  115. 115A New Prize Law
  116. 116A New Prize Law
  117. 117A New Prize Law
  118. 118Section 9 — The Naval Prize Bill
  119. 119The Naval Prize Bill
  120. 120Naval Prize Money
  121. 121Section 10 — The Declaration of London
  122. 122The Declaration of London
  123. 123The Declaration of London
  124. 124The Declaration of London
  125. 125The Declaration of London
  126. 126The Declaration of London
  127. 127The Declaration of London
  128. 128Germany Wrong Again
  129. 129Endnotes

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