Chapter III: Blockade

I. _Conception of Blockade_

368. Definition of Blockade 450
369. Blockade, Strategic and Commercial 452
370. Blockade to be Universal 452
371. Blockade, Outwards and Inwards 453
372. What Places can be Blockaded 453
373. Blockade of International Rivers 454
374. Justification of Blockade 455

II. _Establishment of Blockade_

375. Competence to establish Blockade 456
376. Declaration and Notification of Blockade 456
377. Length of Time for Egress of Neutral Vessels 459
378. End of Blockade 460

III. _Effectiveness of Blockade_

379. Effective in contradistinction to Fictitious Blockade 461
380. Condition of Effectiveness of Blockade 461
381. Amount of Danger which creates Effectiveness 464
382. Cessation of Effectiveness 464

IV. _Breach of Blockade_

383. Definition of Breach of Blockade 466
384. No Breach without Notice of Blockade 466
385. The former practice as to what constitutes an Attempt to
break Blockade 468
385_a_. What constitutes an Attempt to break Blockade
according to the Declaration of London 470
386. When Ingress is not considered Breach of Blockade 472
387. When Egress is not considered Breach of Blockade 473
388. Passage through Unblockaded Canal no Breach of Blockade 474

V. _Consequences of Breach of Blockade_

389. Capture of Blockade-running Vessels 475
390. Penalty for Breach of Blockade 476