Chapter III: Important Groups of Treaties (3)

Names of vessels, 332, 350
Napoleon I., 65, 183
Napoleon III., 416, 470
Narrow Seas:
sovereignty of Great Britain over the, 266, 316
Nassau, subjugation of, 304
National. _See_ Citizen.
Nationality:
absent, 383, 387
acquisition of, 306, 374
conception of, 369
difficulties arising from double and absent nationalities, 388
double, 383, 384
function of, 370
loss of, 377
principle of, 68, 81
the link between individuals and International Law, 366
Natural boundaries, 270
Natural boundaries _sensu politico_, 273
Naturalisation Acts, British, 377, 381, 382, 383
Naturalisation in Great Britain, 382
Naturalisation:
acquisition of nationality by, 375
conception of, 379
conditions of, 380
loss of nationality through, 378, 381
object of, 380
through grant on application, 376
Naturalists, the, 89
Naval Conference of London, 38, 39, 43, 78, 595
Naval war code of the United States, 38
Navigation:
Commissions in the interest of, 513
in gulfs and bays, 265
in straits, 266
in the Suez Canal, 513, 514
on rivers, 240-243, 588
on the Congo, 514
on the Danube, 513
on the Open Sea, 319, 324
supervised by consuls, 491
through the Straits of Magellan, 267
within and through the maritime belt, 259, 326
_See also_ Open Sea.
Navigation Act, 607
Neckar, river, 241
Negotiation:
by whom conducted, 531
conception of, 529
end and effect of, 532
envoy's function of, 453
form of, 531
parties to, 529
purpose of, 530
Negro Republics, 32
_Nemo plus juris transferre potest, quam ipse habet_, 288
_Nemo potest exuere patriam_, 381
_Ne quis invitus civitate mutetur, neve in civitate maneat
invitus_, 381
Netherlands, revolt of, 312
Neutralisation of the Black Sea, 575
Neutralised States, 147-154
as regards State servitudes, 278
cannot cede territory without consent of the Powers, 286
can be parties to defensive alliances, 597
Neutral Powers in Naval War, Convention concerning the rights
and duties of, 594
Newfoundland fishery dispute, 278
New Hebrides, international position of, 232
Niemeyer, 103
Niger, river, 242
Night work of women, Convention for the prohibition of, 618
Nikitschenhow, case of, 463
Nillins, case of, 407
Non-Christian States, 154-156
Non-extradition:
Attentat clause of, 416, 421
principle of, 411-422
rationale for, 418
Russian proposal concerning, 416, 421
Swiss solution of, 417, 421
North Atlantic coast fisheries, case of, 275, 276, 278
North Channel, 266
North Pole, 292
North Sea fisheries, 337, 349
Convention for the regulation of, 349
North Sea:
hydrographic and biologic investigation of, 626
maintenance of status quo in the, 603
Norway, international position of, 75
Notarial functions:
of consuls, 492
of diplomatic envoys, 454
Notification:
as an international transaction, 537
of a change in the headship of a State, 425
of occupation, 294
Nuncios, 444
Nymeguen, Treaty of, 62
Nys, 97, 101, 103
Nystaedt, Treaty of, 63

O

Oath as a means of securing performance of treaties, 551, 565
Observation, envoy's function of, 454, 455
Occupation of territory, 291-298
as a means of securing the performance of treaties, 566
conception of, 291
extent of, 295
how affected, 292
notification of, 294
object of, 292
_Office central des transports internationaux_, 517
Offices, international, 515-518
Official publications, 620
Oléron, Laws of, 56
Oliva, Peace Treaty of, 63
Olivart, Marquis de, 97, 103
_Omnia rex imperio possidet, singuli dominio_, 283
Ompteda, 103
Ontario, Lake of, 246, 247
Open Sea, 315
ceremonials on, 326
claims to sovereignty over parts of, 316
collisions on, 333
conception of, 321
fisheries in the, 348-353
freedom of, 201, 323-328
in time of war, 325
jurisdiction on, 329-339
legal order on, 324
navigation on, 326
neutralisation of parts, 325
piracy on, 339-348
powers of men-of-war over merchantmen on the, 335, 337
rationale for freedom of, 327
right of pursuit on, 336
shipwreck and distress on, 339
subsoil beneath the sea bed, 292, 357-361
telegraph cables in, 353-355
verification of flag on, 337
wireless telegraphy on the, 355-357
_See also_ Vessel.
Operation of nature as a mode of losing territory, 312
Oppenheim, Heinrich Bernard, 96
Oppenheim, L., 104
Option:
loss of nationality through, 378
of inhabitants of ceded territory to
retain their old citizenship, 290
Orange Free State, 304
Oregon Boundary dispute, 295
Ottoman law (1863), concerning protégés, 373

P

_Pacta sunt servanda_, 573
_Pacta tertiis nee nocent nec prosunt_, 563
_Pactum de contrahendo_, 546
Paladini, case of Salvatore, 408
Panama:
international position of the Republic, 182, 312
intervention in, 191
Panama Canal, 251, 592
Pan-American Conferences, 72, 405, 517
Pan-American Union, 517, 624
Pando, 97
_Panther_, case of the, 219
Papal Nuncio. _See_ Nuncio.
Papal States, 157, 450
_Par in parem non habet imperium_, 169, 430, 460
Paris:
Convention for the protection of submarine telegraph cables, 354
Declaration of, 12, 68, 537, 569, 588
Peace Treaty of (1763), 64, 183, 314
Peace Treaty of (1856), 68, 190, 247, 268, 277, 325, 514, 549,
564, 575, 578
Peace Treaty of (1898), 72
Parkinson _v._ Potter, 467
Parlement Belge, case of the, 507
Parliaments, injurious attitude of, 216
Participation of third States in treaties:
accession, 568
adhesion, 569
good offices and mediation, 568
intervention, 568
Parties to treaties, 543-548
Parts of treaties, 552
Part-Sovereign States, 441
Passports:
dismissal of diplomatic envoys through delivery of, 455
of courier, 475
of diplomatic envoy, 448
Passport of vessels, 331
Peace Conferences at the Hague. _See_ Hague.
Peace Treaty of:
Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), 62
Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), 64, 183
Carlowitz, 63
Christiania, 75
Copenhagen, 63
Frankfort, 290, 291, 606
Hubertsburg, 64
Kainardgi (1774), 441
Kardis, 63
Karlstad, 75, 135
Munster, 241
Nymeguen, 62
Nystaedt, 63
Oliva, 63
Paris (1763), 64, 183, 314
(1856), 68, 190, 247, 268, 277, 325, 514, 549, 564, 575, 578
(1898), 72
Prague (1866), 364
Pyrenees, 62
Rastadt and Baden, 63
Roeskild, 63
Ryswick, 63
San Stefano, 71, 190, 549
Seoul, 75
Shimonoseki, 72
Tilsit, 183, 186
Utrecht, 63, 183, 278
Versailles (1783), 64, 278
Westminster (1674), 319
Westphalia, 61, 151, 435, 587
Pearl fishery off Ceylon and in the Persian Gulf, 348
Peary, Admiral, 292
Pelagic Sealing Conference, 352
Persia, international position of, 164
Persian Gulf, pearl fishery in the, 348
_Persona grata_ of diplomatic envoy, 451
Personal supremacy:
consequences of, 178
definition of, 177
restrictions upon, 183
violations of, 179
Personal union of States, 133
Pertille, 96
_Petit_ cabotage, 607
Pharmacopoeial formulas, unification of, 622
Philip II. of Spain, 316
Philippine Islands, 72
Phillimore, Sir Robert, 94, 99
Phosphorus. _See_ White phosphorus.
Phylloxera conventions, 618
Physically impossible obligations, 549
Piédelièvre, 95, 100
Pierantoni, 96
Pillau, alliance of, 551
Pinkney, American commissioner, 513
Piracy, 203, 340-348
_Pirata non mutat dominium_, 346
Pirates:
jurisdiction over, 345
may be pursued into the territorial maritime belt, 346
Plague. _See_ Sanitary Conventions.
Platen-Hallermund, case of Count, 306
Plebiscite concerning cession of territory, 289, 364
Pledge, 233, 288, 566
_Pleins pouvoirs_, 447
Podiebrad, 58
Poelitz, 96
Poland, 566
partition of, 151, 310, 370
Polish revolution (1830), 413
Political agents:
public, 509
secret, 510
spies, 510
Political crime, conception of, 414-421
Political criminals, non-extradition of, 411-422
Pollicitations, 546
Polson, Archer, 94
Pope, position of the, 70, 157-162. _See also_ Holy See.
Port Arthur leased to Russia, 233, 288
Porto Rico, 72
Portugal:
her claims to parts of the Open Sea, 316
international position of, 77
passage of troops through territory of, 280
republic proclaimed in, 76
Position:
of armed forces abroad, 501
of consuls, 493
of diplomatic envoys, 455
of diplomatic envoys as regards third States, 469
Positivists, the, 90, 98
Postal Union, Universal, 516
Powers of men-of-war over merchantmen of all nations, 335, 337
Pradier-Fodéré, 95, 100
Prague, Peace Treaty of (1866), 364
Precedence among envoys, 444
Predicates of heads of States, 174
Prescription, 308-311
Presidents of republics:
not sovereigns, 433
position of, 434
Private International Law:
conception of, 4
Hague Conventions concerning, 623, 624
Privateer, 341, 342
Privateering abolished by Declaration of Paris, 69, 588
Privileges of:
consuls, 494
couriers, 475
diplomatic envoys, 456
judges of the Prize Court, 522
members of legation, 473
members of the Tribunal of the Court of Arbitration, 521
Proconsul, 487
Projectiles, Convention concerning, 594
Protection, treaties of, 604
Protection:
envoy's function of, 454
of citizens abroad, 371, 372, 396, 492
Protectorate, 144
Protectorate as precursor of occupation, 296
Protégés, 371
Protest as an international transaction, 538
Protestant States, 449
Prussia becomes a Great Power, 64
Pseudo-guarantees, 602
Publications, official, 620
Public Health, international office of, 518, 621
Public political agents, 509
Pufendorf, 4, 89, 112
_Punctationes_, 546
Pursuit into the Open Sea, right of, 336
Pyrenees, Peace of the, 62

Q

Quabbe, 604
_Quidquid est in territorio est etiam de territorio_, 178, 231
_Qui in territorio meo est, etiam meus subditus est_, 231

R

Rachel, 90
Radiotelegraphy, 236
office of, 516
on the Open Sea, 355
Radiotelegraphic Convention, 355
Union, 614
Railway transports and freights, Union concerning, 614
Office of, 517
Rank of States, 171
Rastadt and Baden, Peace Treaty of, 63
Ratification of treaties:
by whom effected, 558
conception of, 553
effect of, 561
form of, 557
not absolutely necessary, 554
not to be partial or conditional, 559
rationale for, 554
refusal of, 556
space of time for, 555
Rationale for the freedom of the Open Sea, 327
Real Union of States, 123, 131, 134
_Rebus sic stantibus_, clause of, 280, 573-574
Recall of diplomatic envoys, 477
Reception of diplomatic envoys, 449, 451, 452
Reception of aliens:
may be received conditionally only, 392
no obligation to receive aliens, 390
Recognition:
of a change in the form of government, 120
of a change in the title of a State, 121, 173
of a new head of a State, 425
of a State through appointment of consul, 489
of States, 116-121
of insurgents as a belligerent Power, 119
Reconduction of foreigners, 402
Reconfirmation of treaties, 581
_Recousse, droit de_, 347
Red Indians, 35
Redintegration, acquisition of nationality by, 376
Redintegration of treaties, 581
Regents, 432
Registration of Aliens, Act for the, 398
Reign of Terror, 412
Release, loss of nationality through, 378
Religious disabilities, 364, 368
in Roumania, 388
Renewal of treaties, 580
Renunciation as an international transaction, 539
Renunciation of a treaty, 571
_Renvoi, droit de_, 402
Reprisals, 396
Republics:
American, 624
Italian, 438
Negro, 32
Presidents of, 433, 434
Rescission of treaties, 571
_Res extra commercium_, 323
Residents, 445
_Responsales_, 437
Responsibility of States, 206-225
for acts of courts of justice, 216
for acts of diplomatic envoys, 215
for acts of heads of States, 214
for acts of insurgents and rioters, 222
for acts of members of Governments, 215
for acts of officials and military forces, 218
for acts of Parliaments, 216
for acts of private individuals, 221
_Res transit cum suo onere_, 128, 288
Retinue of diplomatic envoys, 472-475
of monarchs abroad, 430
Retorsion, 391, 396, 400
Revenue Laws, 261
Revolt as a mode of losing territory, 312
Rhine, the river, 241
Rhodian laws, 56
Ricci-Busatti, 104
Right:
of asylum, 392, 461, 462
of chapel, 467
of contiguity, 295
of legation, 440
of protection over citizens abroad, 395, 400
of pursuit on the sea, 336
Right of legation:
by whom exercised, 442
conception, 440
not possessed by a revolutionary party recognised as
a belligerent Power, 442
what States possess the, 441
Rights of mankind, 35, 367, 369
Rights of Nations, Declaration of, 35, 65
Rioters, _règlement_ of the Institute of International Law
concerning Acts of, 224
Ripperda, case of the Duke of, 461
Riquelme, 97
Rivers, 239
abandoned beds of, 302
international, 240
South American, 242
utilisation of the flow of, 243
_See also_ Navigation.
Rivier, 97, 101, 103
Roeskild, Peace Treaty of, 63
Rolin, 103
Roman Catholic Church, 8
Roman Law, 283
Romans, their rules for international relations, 50
Rome, Congress at, 613
Ross, case of Bishop, 443
Roumania:
Convention of 1877 with Russia, 597
independence of, 71;
restricted, 183
treatment of Jews in, 388
Rousseau, J. J., 113
Rousset, 102
Royal honours, States enjoying, 172
Russian Ambassador, case of, 457
Rutherford, 90
Rymer, 102
Ryswick, Peace Treaty of, 63

S

Sà, case of Don Pantaleon, 475
Saalfeld, 96
Sackville, case of Lord, 455
St. George's Channel, 266
St. Lawrence, navigation on the river, 243
St. Petersburg:
Convention of, 614
Declaration of, 70, 537, 590
Sale of State territory, 287
Salvage, 339
Samos, international position of, 144
San Domingo, 32
San Marino, international position of, 146
San Stefano, Peace Treaty of, 71, 549, 568
Sandona, 96
Sanitary Conventions, 620
Sanitary laws, 261
Sanitation, International Council of, at Bucharest, 515
Santa Lucia, case of, 313
Sarawak, 282
Sarpi, Paolo, 319
Savarkar, case of, 410
Scheldt, the river, 241
Schmalz, 95
Schmauss, 102
Schnaebélé, case of, 511
Schools of International Jurists, 82, 89
Scientific Research, Unions in the interest of, 625, 626
Scott, James Brown, 104
Scott, Sir William, 98. _See also_ Lord Stowell.
Sea-brief, 331
Sea-letter, 331
Seal fisheries in the Behring Sea, 351, 623
Sealing Conference, pelagic, 352, 623
Secret political agents, 510
Secret protocol, 555
Secretaries of Legation, 472
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 435
Seismologic Association, International, 625
Selden, John, 89, 318
Self-jurisdiction:
of diplomatic envoys, 468
of monarchs abroad, 429, 430
Self-preservation, 184-187
Semi-sovereign. _See_ Half- _and_ Part-Sovereign.
Seneca, 230, 283
Senigallia, 104
Seoul, Peace of, 75
Servia, independence of, 71
restricted, 183
Servitudes, 273-281
_Servitus in faciendo consistere nequit_, 279
_Servitutes juris gentium naturales_, 274
_Servitutes juris gentium voluntariae_, 274
Shenandoah, case of the, 343
Shimonoseki, Peace Treaty of, 72, 568
Ship. _See_ Vessel.
Ship-papers, 331, 491
Shipwreck on the Open Sea, 339
Siam, international position of, 164
Slave-trade, 66, 348, 368, 588, 591, 622
Smith, F. E., 94
Solent, the, 266
Solferino, battle of, 544
Sorel, Albert, 95
Soudan, international position of, 232
Soulé, case of, 470
Sound dues, 267
Sources of International Law, 20
South African Republic, 74, 142, 181, 304, 441
her alliance with the Orange Free State, 597
Sovereignty:
conception of, 110, 112, 177
divisibility of sovereignty contested, 110
history of meaning of sovereignty, 111-115
in contradistinction to suzerainty, 141
Sovereignty of monarchs, 428
Spheres of influence, 297
Spies, 510
Spirit-trade in certain parts of Africa, 591
Spitzbergen, 232
_Sponsio_, 545
Springer, case of, 461
State, conception of, 108
State property. _See_ State territory.
States:
American, 163
a product of law, 14
changes in the conditions of, 121-125
confederated, 135
dignity of, 174-177, 456
equality of, 20, 168
European, 162
extinction of, 124
Federal, 130, 136
full- and not-full Sovereign, 109
heads of. _See_ Heads of States.
independence of, 177
intercourse of, 166, 199-201
jurisdiction of, 201-205
neutralised, 147-154
new-born, 281
non-Christian, 154, 497
order of precedence of, 172
part-Sovereign, 141
personal supremacy of, 177
personal union of, 133
possessing royal honours, 172
rank of, 171
real union of, 123, 131, 134
recognition of, 116-121
responsibility of, 206-225
self-preservation of, 184-187
suzerain, 140, 190
territorial supremacy of, 177
titles of, 173
under protectorate, 144
vassal, 140
State servitudes, 273-281
State territory:
cession of, 285
definition of, 229
different kinds of, 230
different parts of, 235
dismembered, 230
importance of, 231
inalienability of parts of, 238
integrate, 230
loss of, 311-314
modes of acquiring, 281-284
servitudes on, 273-281
States under protectorate cannot cede territory without
consent of the superior State, 286
Status quo:
in the Baltic, 604
in the Mediterranean, 603
in the North Sea, 603, 604
treaties guaranteeing maintenance of, 602-604
Stettin, Bay of, 263
Stockton, Capt. C. H., 38
Stoerk, 103
Story, 137
Stowell, Lord, 98, 302
Straits, 265
of Kara, 266
of Kertch, 267
of Magellan, 267
of Yugor, 266
Strupp, 102
Stuart Pretender, the, 278
Suarez, 84
Subject of a State, his position when a diplomatic envoy
of a foreign State, 450
Subjugation:
conception of, 302
consequences of, 305
in contradistinction to occupation, 303
justification of, 304
of the whole or of a part of enemy territory, 304
veto by third Powers, 307
Subjugation, acquisition of nationality through, 306, 377
Subsoil, territorial, 235
beneath the sea bed, 357
Substitution of one treaty for another, 571
Substitution, loss of nationality through, 378
Succession of States, 125-132
Suez Canal, 249, 514, 591
Sugar Convention, 617
Office of, 517
_Sujets mixtes_, 386
Sully, 58
Sully, case of, 468
Sun Yat Sen, case of, 464
Suzerainty, conception of, 141
Sweden, her sovereignty over the Baltic, 316
Sweden-Norway, Real Union dissolved, 135
Swiss Confederation reorganised, 61
Switzerland, neutralisation of, 66, 151, 588
member-States conclude treaties, 544
without a maritime flag, 327

T

_Tabula Amalfitana_, 56
Taylor, Hannis, 95, 101
Telegraph cables:
Convention for the protection of, 354
in the Open Sea, 353
Telegraph Union, Universal, 516
Telegraphy, wireless, on the Open Sea, 355
_Terrae potestas finitur ubi finitur armorum vis_, 257
Territorial atmosphere, 236
Territorial supremacy:
consequences of, 178
definition of, 177
restrictions upon, 182, 273
violations of, 179
Territorial waters, 235
contrasted with Open Sea, 321
Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 29, 257, 260, 266
_Territorium clausum_, 230
_Territorium dominans_, 276
_Territorium serviens_, 276
Territory. _See_ State Territory.
Textor, 90
Tezkereh, 389
Thalweg, the, 271
Tibet, international position of, 164
Titles of States, 173
Thomasius, 90
Toll, maritime, 259
Tourkmantschai, Treaty of, 246
Tourville, case of, 407
Trading Consular Officers, 485
Tradition of ceded territory, 288
Transactions:
declarations, 536
different kinds of, 536
notifications, 537
protests, 538
renunciation, 539
Traffic on the Open Sea, 333
Transports, Central Office of International, 517
Transvaal. _See_ South African Republic.
Trawling in Prohibited Areas Prevention Act, 265
Treaties:
accession and adhesion to, 568, 569
binding force of, 541, 545, 546
cancellation of, 578
commercial and consular, 488, 605-612
conception of, 540
constitutional restrictions concerning the treaty-making
power, 545
different kinds of, 540
effect of, 561
expiration and dissolution of, 570-576
extradition, 412-422
form of, 550
fulfilment of, 570
interpretation of, 582
law-making, 23, 541, 587
lists of, 94, 102
means of securing performance of, 565
objects of, 548
of alliance, 595
of cession, 290
of extradition, 404-406
of guarantee, 599
of protection, 604
of subsidy, 598
_pactum de contrahendo_, 546
participation of third States in, 567
parties to, 543, 546-548
parts of, 552
pseudo-guarantees, 602
_punctationes_, 546
ratification of, 553-561
reconfirmation of, 581
redintegration of, 581
regarding spheres of influence, 297
renewal of, 580
sources of International Law, 23
voidance of, 576
who can exercise the power of making, 543
Triepel, 102
Troppau, Congress of, 67
Tucker, 95
Tunis, international position of, 147, 164
Tunnel, proposed Channel, 359
Turkey, reception into the Family of Nations through Peace
Treaty of Paris (1856), 32, 69
Twiss, Sir Travers, 94, 99, 249

U

Ullmann, 96, 101
Ulpianus, 315
Unions concerning:
Agriculture, 617
birds useful to agriculture, 618
Cholera and plague, 620
Coinage, 619
Copyright, 615
Customs tariffs publication, 616
Geodetic work, 625
Humanity, 622
Hydrographic work, 626
Industrial property, 616
Literature and Art, 615
Metric system, the, 619
Motor Vehicles, 615
Night work of women, 618
Official publications, 620
Pelagic Sealing, 623
Pharmacopoeial formulas, 622, 623
Phylloxera epidemics, 618
Post, 613
Private International Law, 623
Public health, 621
Radiotelegraphy, 614
Railway transport, 614
Sanitation, 620
Science, 625
Seismology, 625
Submarine cables, 614
Sugar, 617
Telegraphs, 614
Transport, 614
White phosphorus, the use of, 618
White slave traffic, 622, 623
Wild animals in Africa, 623
Unions, object of, 612
United States of America:
become a Great Power, 70, 171, 312
become a member of Family of Nations, 64
intervene in the revolt of Cuba, 72
member-States cannot conclude treaties, 544
naval war code of, 38
Universal Postal Union, 613
Universal Telegraph Union, 614
Usage, international, in contradistinction to international
custom, 22
Usurper, 427
Utrecht, Peace of, 63, 278, 583

V

Vaderland, case of the, 357
Vassal States, 140
cannot be parties to offensive alliances, 142, 597
cannot cede territory without consent of suzerain, 286
competent to appoint consuls, 488
competent to make treaties, 544
competent to send public political agents, 509
of Great Britain, Indian, 142
Vatican, the, 158, 449
Vattel, 93, 320, 405
Venezuela, blockade of (1902), 74
Venice:
ceded by Austria to France, 287
her sovereignty over the Adriatic Sea, 316
Verdun, Treaty of, 54
Verification of flag, 335
Verona, Congress of, 67
Versailles, Peace of, 64, 567
Vessels:
arrest of, 338
collision of, 333
distress of, 339, 356
names of, 332, 350
papers of, 331
search of, 338
territorial quality of, when on the Open Sea, 332
visit of, 337
_See also_ Men-of-War.
Veto concerning a cession of territory, 289
concerning subjugation, 307
Vexaincourt, case of, 219
Vice-consul, 486
Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, 426
Victoria, 84
Vienna Congress, 65, 75
(1815), 241, 280, 444, 587, 588
Vienna, Treaty of (1878), 364
Villafranca, Preliminary Peace Treaty of, 544
Virginius, case of the, 187
Visit of vessels, 337
Vital change of circumstances, 573
Voidance of treaties:
through extinction of object concerned, 577
through extinction of one of the parties, 576
through impossibility of execution, 577
through realisation of purpose, 577
_Völkerrechts-Indigenat_, 367

W

Waddington, case of, 475
Walker, Thomas Alfred, 94, 100
Wallachia, 441
War, Convention concerning Laws of, 593
Convention concerning rights and duties of neutrals in, 593
Laws of (U.S.A.), 36
Laws of (U.S.A.) at sea, 38
Warsaw, non-admittance of consuls to, 488
Washburne, case of, 471
Washington:
Boundary Treaty of (1908), 272, 513
Congress of (1890), 304
Maritime Conference of (1889), 333
Pelagic Fishing Conference of, 352
Treaties (1854) and (1871), concerning navigation on the river
St. Lawrence, 243
Treaty (1857) concerning the Sound Dues, 268
Treaty (1901) concerning the Panama Canal, 251
Treaty (1904), 182
Waters, territorial. _See_ Territorial waters.
Webster, Mr., U.S.A., Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 502
Weights and Measures, International Union of, 619
Office of the Union of, 516
Wei-Hai-Wei leased to Great Britain, 233, 288
Welwood, William, 318
Wenck, 102
Westlake, 94, 101
Westminster, Treaty of (1674), 319
Westphalian Peace, 61, 151, 435, 587
Wharton, 95, 100
Wheaton, 95, 98
White Phosphorus, Convention for the prohibition of the use of,
618
White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act, 618
White Sea fisheries, 348
White slave traffic, 623
Wild animals, &c., in Africa, preservation of, 623
Wildman, Richard, 94
William of Holland, case of King, 432
Wilson, 95, 101
Wireless telegraphy, 236
on the Open Sea, 355
Wisby, the maritime laws of, 56
Wismar, pledged by Sweden to Mecklenburg, 233, 288
Wolff, Christian, 92
Women. _See_ Night-work of women.
Woolsey, 95, 103
Wrech, case of Baron de, 465

Y

Young Turks movement, 76
Yugor Straits, 266

Z

Zanzibar, international position of, 147
Zone for revenue and sanitary laws extended beyond the
maritime belt, 261
Zouche, 88
Zuider Zee, 263

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