National Instructions, 75, 76 Naval bombardments of open coast towns, 30, 112, 123 Naval manoeuvres of 1888, the, 113, 123 Naval war code, a British, 30, 31, 32 Naval warfare, 22 Naval Prize (Consolidation) Bill, the, 36, 191-196, 198 object of, 194,195 rejection of, 196 Naval Prize money, 195 Neutral conduct, the criterion of, 125 Neutral duties, as classified by the author, 129 Neutral hospitality, 143 Neutral States and individuals, their liabilities distinguished, 129-135 Neutral territory, passage through, 90 Neutral trade, the four inconveniences, to, 159 Neutralisation, the term, 53, 54 Neutrality, correlative to belligerency, 10, 16, 19 British proclamations of, 130, 135-143 Neutrals, methods of warfare affecting, 164-181 Non-combatants, 72, 74 _Novoe Vremya_, the, 176 Occupied territory, right of the invader in, 80, 100 not yet occupied, 77 Oppenheim, Prof., 47 _Orozembo_, the, 160 "Ottoman Empire, ancient rule of the," 56 Pacific blockade, 10 Palmerston, Lord, 12 Panama Canal, the, 50 _Paquete Habana_, the, 30 Paris. _See_ Declaration of Paris, Treaty of, 53, 54, 56, 81, 87, 89, 155 "Pas de Code Naval, pas de Cour des Prises," 187 Passage, 64, 90 Peace talk, 125 Peaceful settlement of disputes, the Conventions for, of 1899, 2, 3, 6 of 1907, 2, 6 are non-obligatory, 173 Perels, Prof., 16 Permanent Court of International Justice, a, 191 _Peterburg_, the, 162 _Peterhoff_, the, 20, 149, 160 Petition of Right, the, 106, 108, 109 Pike, Mr., 98, 100 "Piracy," 70, 71, 84 Poison, 96 Pope's Note, the, 51 Port, enemy ships in, 49 _Porter_ v. _Freudenberg_, 49 Portsmouth, Lord, 205 Pourtugael, den Beer, Prof., 68 Pre-emption, 148 Prevention, State duties of, 129, 131 Prisoners of war, 45, 106, 107 liabilities of, 106 Private International Law, 34 Privateers, 81, 84 restrictions on, 82 commissioned liners are not, 70 Private property at sea, 184 Prize Court, the Russian, 163 an international Court of Appeal, 23, 170-182 a settled prize law, must precede, 181, 183, 185, 190, 191, 193 a supreme, 181 Prize Law Consolidation Bill, 193, 194, 199 "Probable cause," 83 Proclamations of neutrality, the British, criticised, 135-143 "Professors," 119 Projectiles, from balloons, 22, 30, 62 for diffusion of gases, 22, 96, 97 "Quasi-enemy," 12