...force stationed to prevent communication, and a due notice, or prohibition given to the party." Such is the settled doctrine of the English and American courts...render ingress to or egress from the port dangerous." Clearly, however, it is not practicable to define what degree of danger shall constitute a test of...

...force stationed to prevent communication, and a due notice, or prohibition given to the party." Such is the settled doctrine of the English and American courts...render ingress to or egress from the port dangerous." Clearly, however, it is not practicable to define what degree of danger shall constitute a test of...

...specific instructions are established for the guidance of officers of the United States: BLOCKADE. 2. A blockade to be effective and binding must be maintained...render ingress to or egress from the port dangerous. If the blockading vessels be driven away by stress of weather, but return without delay to their stations,...

...instructions, based upon the above rules and decisions, are established for convenient reference: BLOCKADE. 2. A blockade, to be effective and binding, must be maintained...render ingress to or egress from the port dangerous. If the blockading vessels be driven away by stress of weather, returning without delay to their stations,...

...forces sufficient to prevent the ports being approached without exposure to a certain danger.' " Such is the settled doctrine of the English and American Courts...render ingress to or egress from the port dangerous.' " Clearly, however, it is not practicable to define what degree of danger shall constitute a test of...

...Force sufficient to prevent the ports being approached without exposure to a certain danger." " Such is the settled doctrine of the English and American courts...render ingress to or egress from the port dangerous. " Clearly, however, it is not practicable to define what degree of danger shall constitute a test of...

...effective;" that this, though a mixed question, was one "more of fact than of law;" that, by General Orders. No. 492, "a blockade to be effective and binding must...render ingress to or egress from the port dangerous;" that, while it was not practicable to define the degree of danger that should constitute a test, it...

...effective;" that this, though a mixed question, was one "more of fact than of law;" that, by General Orders. No. 492, "a blockade to be effective and binding must...render ingress to or egress from the port dangerous; " that, while it was not practicable to define the degree of danger that should constitute a test,...

...though not a party to that declaration." Chief Justice Fuller, speaking for the court in The Olinde Rodrigues, 174 US 510, observes: "This is now the...of capture and condemnation. Thus in an action by Lechartier against La Compagnie Transatlantique Française for non-delivery of goods shipped to PortoPlata...

..."A blockade to be binding and effective," to quote the instruction given to Rear-Admiral Sampson, " must be maintained by a force sufficient to render ingress to or egress from the port dangerous ; " and this principle of international law was observed strictly and legally. In selecting the ports...