Letters to the Times Upon War And Neutrality 1881 1920 8 7
Letters to the Times Upon War And Neutrality 1881 1920 8 7
Holland
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It can hardly now be doubted that the rules setforth in the Declaration of Paris of 1856, except possibly theprohibition of privateering, have by general acceptance during sixtyyears, strengthened by express accessions on the part of so manyGovernments, become a portion of international law, and are thus bindingupon Great Britain, notwithstanding her omission to ratify theDeclaration. This omission is now seen to have been a mistake. So alsowas the description of the document as a "declaration.... " Both mistakeswere repeated in 1868 with reference to the "Declaration" of St. Petersburg (as to explosive bullets). In those early attempts at legislation for the conduct of warfare itseems to have been thought sufficient that the conclusions arrived at byauthorised delegates should be announced without being embodied in atreaty. Surely, however, what purported to be international agreementsupon vastly important topics ought to have been accompanied by all theformalities required for "conventions, " and should have been soentitled.
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