...Foreign Minister, announced the Government's decision regarding foodstuffs as follows : I-'oodstuffs, with a hostile destination, can be considered contraband...shown that this was in fact their destination at the time of seizure. This doctrine, says the Waterbury " American," covers the case fully and excellently....

...could never be considered as contraband of war unless they were for the enemy's forces, and added: "It is not sufficient that they are capable of being so used ; it must be shown that their destination was for that object, before they may be seized or interdicted." During the war between...

...Lord Salisbury thus defined the position of Her Majesty's Government on the question of contraband: "Foodstuffs, with a hostile destination, can be considered...shown that this was in fact their destination at the time of seizure." 2 Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles, in a letter in the London Timex, January 4, 1900, says:...

...on the question of contraband: "Foodstuffs, with a hostile destination, can be considered contralwnd of war only if they are supplies for the enemy's forces....shown that this was in fact their destination at the time of seizure." :> Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles, in a letter in the London Timrx, January 4, 1900, says:...

...Government in your lordship's note to me of the 10th instant, wherein you said: Our view is that food stuffs with a hostile destination can be considered contraband...the enemy's forces. It is not sufficient that they an- capable of being so used — it must be shown that this was in fact their destination at the time...

...the 10th instant, wherein you said: Our view is that food stuffs with a hostile destination can he considered contraband of war only if they are supplies...the enemy's forces. It is not sufficient that they art- capable of being so used— it must be shown that this was in fact their destination at the time...

...Lord Salisbury thus defined the position of Her Majesty's Government on the question of contraband : " Foodstuffs, with a hostile destination, can be considered...shown that this was in fact their destination at the time of the seizure." 6 Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles, in a letter in the London Times, January 4, 1900,...

...Salisbury thus defined the position of Her Majesty's Government on the question of contraband : *' Foodstuffs, with a hostile destination, can be considered...shown that this was in fact their destination at the time of the seizure." 6 Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles, in a letter in the London Time*, January 4, 1900,...

...Salisbury to Mr. Choate. FOREIGN OFFICE, January 10, 1900. DEAR MR. CHOATE: Our view is that food stuffs with a hostile destination can be considered contraband...shown that this was in fact their destination at the time of the seizure. Believe me, etc. SALISBURY. (U. 8. Foreign Relations, 1900, p. 555.) On February...

...Salisbury to Mr. Choate. FOREIGN OFFICE, January 10, 1900. DEAR MR. CHOATE: Our view is that food stuffs with a hostile destination can be considered contraband...shown that this was in fact their destination at the time of the seizure. Believe me, etc. SALISBURY. (US Foreign Relations, 1900, p. 555.) On February...