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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Paris https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Paris The "Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law" of 1856
by LAC-Tech 4y ago
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Paris https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Paris
The "Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law" of 1856.
The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war;
- OJFord 4y agoThanks!
- nradov 4y agoNo, that was superceded by the London Declaration of 1908. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Declaration_concerning_the_Laws_of_Naval_War#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe_London_Declaration_concerning_the%2Cthat_occurred_in_1908_in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Declaration_concerning_...
- jjk166 4y ago> The declaration was signed by most of the great powers of the day: Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. (It was also signed by the Netherlands and Spain.)[1] However, no state ever ratified the declaration and consequently it never came into force.[2] The United States insisted that the belligerent nations fighting in World War I abide by the Declaration, while the British and Germans ignored it. Also it would have made the blockade more of a war crime, not less.