HIGH One signification of word and its application to the seas (13). HIGH SEAS Former meaning of term (7); claims of sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (8); Hale's definition (8); American court definitions (8); indicates certain distinctions (9); Supreme Court's interpretation in United States v. Rodgers (10, 15); previous Supreme Court pronouncements (12). ILLEGAL TRAFFIC Stamps property as hostile (137). IMMUNITY Of officers or agents of foreign governments in United States courts (38); for acts done as an agent for a revolutionary government (38). IMPRISONMENT— Illegal, of United States citizens abroad (173). INDEMNITY— For acts done by a mob, see MOB VIOLENCE; none due for cutting neutral cables in enemy waters (194). INDEPENDENCE Of Cuba declared by joint resolution of Congress (58). INSURGENT BLOCKADE. See BLOCKADE. INTERNATIONAL LAW Is part of United States law (94). JOINT RESOLUTION Of Congress declaring Cuba free and independent and demanding Spain's withdrawal (58). JURISDICTION Of Russia in Bering Sea (169); of the United States (170). JURISDICTION, ADMIRALTY Division of opinion of Circuit Court in the case of United States v. Rodgers (5); question upon which division arose (6); over vessels in Detroit River (14, 17); general rule (14); Mr. Webster on (18); unaffected by boundary line in the Great Lakes (19). JURISDICTION, EXTRATERRITORIAL- LADING Bills of, only quasi negotiable (154). LANDING PARTIES British China station orders concerning (178). LAW Courts must apply it as it is, not as contended it should be (66); international, is part of United States law (94); municipal, generally holds in occupied territory (203). LIABILITIES Incurred by recognition of belligerency (34). LIENS Secret, do not affect right of capture (155). LOLA- Case of (80). MAIL SHIPS Not exempt from capture by international rule (128); not exempt when carrying government mail except by express orders of the government (129). MERCHANT VESSELS Treatment of, prescribed by President's proclamation (62). MILITARY AUTHORITIES Right of, to levy tariffs during occupation (205). MILITARY OCCUPATION. See OCCUPATION. MOB VIOLENCE To Italian subjects: Letter of Secretary of State concerning (184); in case of Antonio Abbagnato (190); in case of Spanish consul and others (185); indemnity for injury by, not a general right (186); redress of Italians for injury by, same as for United States citizens (190); indemnity for injuries by, in New Orleans, 1891, offered and accepted (189,190). NAVAL OFFICERS Assumption of consular functions by, during military occupation (205); may establish blockades (108). NEUTRAL— Ownership does not exempt enemy vessels (69); vessels chartered to enemy become to a certain extent enemy vessels (120). NEUTRALITY— Strict, as distinguished from duty toward friendly nations whose domestic peace is disturbed (24). NEUTRALITY ACT Usual name of Title LXVII of the Revised Statutes (24); its operation not necessarily dependent upon a state of belligerency (23); history of (24). NOTICE Of blockade to charterer is notice to vessel (120). OCCUPATION Of entrance does not necessarily terminate blockade off entrance (110); of Santiago de Cuba: Executive order in War Department, G. O. No. 101 (202); right of military authorities to levy tariffs during (205); assumption of consular functions by naval officers during military (205). OFFICERS Assumption by naval, of consular functions during military occupation (205); naval, may establish blockades (108); immunity of those of foreign governments in United States courts (38). OLINDE RODRIGUES Case of (40). ORDER IN COUNCIL, BRITISH— Rules for the treatment of merchant ships in the Crimean war (69). OUTBREAKS Use of British naval force during (177). PANAMA Case of (123). PAPERS Spoliation or concealment of ship's, not in itself sufficient ground for condem nation (55, 56). PAQUETE HABANA Case of (80). PEDRO Case of (58). PEOPLE Application of words "colony, district, or people" in neutrality act (28, 29); meaning of word, in neutrality act (33). POLICY Evidenced by prior Executive views (74). PORT Time allowed merchant vessels to leave after war began (61, 62, 69 footnote). PRESCRIPTION Title by. See BOUNDARY. PRIZE MONEY Of civilian officers and crew of auxiliary cruiser Yale (200). PROBABLE CAUSE Capture justified by (79); existence of, when circumstances warrant suspicion (57). PROCLAMATION President's, of blockade of Cuban north coast (60); President's, as to conduct of war at sea (62); liberal interpretation by court (73); construction of (74); intent of (76); restricted immunity under (77); vessels sailing before war began included in those exempted under (78). PROPERTY Cargo on enemy vessel presumably enemy (151); public and private, during occupation (203, 204). PROVISIONS Not generally contraband, but may become so (139); trade in them with an enemy by an enemy is decisive (139). REENTRY Into foreign countries of Americans exiled therefrom for participation in revolutions (193). RESOLUTION, JOINT. See JOINT RESOLUTION. RESTRAINTS Certain, incurred by recognition of belligerency (34). REVOLT Recognition of a condition of political, as compared with recognition of belligerency (34). REVOLUTION Agents of successful, are official representatives of state (39). RIGHTS Of foreigners in the United States by treaty (186, 190). RULINGS Of Supreme Court can not be changed to conform to foreign opinions of supposed international law (113). SEALS. See FUR SEALS. SEAS Great Lakes are essentially (11, 19). See also HIGH SEAS. SHANGHAI Extraterritorial jurisdiction of consul in (176). SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. See WAR. SPANISH DECREE At opening of war with the United States (61). STATUS As enemy unchanged by individual acts of friendship (140). SUPREME COURT RULINGS. See RULINGS. TARIFFS Right of military authorities to levy, during occupation (205). TAXES Accrue to military occupant (204). THREE FRIENDS Case of (20). TITLE By assignment. See ASSIGNMENT. By prescription. See BOUNDARY. TRADE With enemy on enemy vessel is decisive (139). TRANSFER Colorable, is ground for condemnation (142). TREATY RIGHTS. See RIGHTS. UNITED STATES v. RODGERS. Case of (5). UNDERHILL v. HERNANDEZ Case of (37). VESSEL Cargo on board enemy is presumably enemy property (151). VIOLATION OF BLOCKADE Committed ipso facto by vessel sailing with intent to violate it (111). WAR Existence of, in revolutions or insurrections not necessarily dependent upon acknowledgment of belligerency (39); historical attitude of the United States in favor of mitigating its horrors (72); may exist before formal declaration or actual hostilities (65); Spanish-American: Date of beginning set in declaration of, by act of Congress (61); declaration in Spanish decree (61); rules for its conduct at sea (62). |