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Elbert Jay Benton

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...warnings were given.37 The bombardment of San Juan was begun in the search for Admiral Cervera's lost fleet, and incidentally to locate batteries and test the enemy's preparations for resistance, rather than for the purpose of destruction or with any evident intention of an attempt to take the town.38 Under such circumstances the element of surprise was essential. The instructions of the United States Government to its military commanders authorized such action. And it is by no means clear that even the spirit of the second Hague convention would condemn the conduct in such cases, though it was on the occasion of the bombardment of San Juan that Spain made an unheeded complaint to the neutral powers. The attack on Santiago, June 22 to 23, belongs clearly to cases of bombardment during open assault and against detached batteries, and is admissible under the most rigid rules. The bombardment of Manzanillo, July 18, must be treated separately. The object was the destruction of the ship yards in the harbor, and the town was not bombarded. Such destruction of enemy property is always permissible.39 "See page 147, n. 30. "Wilson, The Downfall of Spain, p. 196. "Hall, International Law, p. 556, note 2; Rivier, Principes du droit des gens, Vol. II, pp. 284-85. New York Tribune, July 19, 1898; Wilson, The Downfall of Spain, p. 396. Spain included the cutting of cables in her protest to neutrals on the conduct of the United States. The earliest belligerent acts of the United States were directed to the destruction of the cable communication of Cuba with the outside world, and the measure was a deliberate feature of the war operations. The complete isolation of large portions of the island of Cuba at an early date shortened the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with International Law and Diplomacy of the Spanish-American War [1908] (Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History). To get started finding International Law and Diplomacy of the Spanish-American War [1908] (Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...warnings were given.37 The bombardment of San Juan was begun in the search for Admiral Cervera's lost fleet, and incidentally to locate batteries and test the enemy's preparations for resistance, rather than for the purpose of destruction or with any evident intention of an attempt to take the town.38 Under such circumstances the element of surprise was essential. The instructions of the United States Government to its military commanders authorized such action. And it is by no means clear that even the spirit of the second Hague convention would condemn the conduct in such cases, though it was on the occasion of the bombardment of San Juan that Spain made an unheeded complaint to the neutral powers. The attack on Santiago, June 22 to 23, belongs clearly to cases of bombardment during open assault and against detached batteries, and is admissible under the most rigid rules. The bombardment of Manzanillo, July 18, must be treated separately. The object was the destruction of the ship yards in the harbor, and the town was not bombarded. Such destruction of enemy property is always permissible.39 "See page 147, n. 30. "Wilson, The Downfall of Spain, p. 196. "Hall, International Law, p. 556, note 2; Rivier, Principes du droit des gens, Vol. II, pp. 284-85. New York Tribune, July 19, 1898; Wilson, The Downfall of Spain, p. 396. Spain included the cutting of cables in her protest to neutrals on the conduct of the United States. The earliest belligerent acts of the United States were directed to the destruction of the cable communication of Cuba with the outside world, and the measure was a deliberate feature of the war operations. The complete isolation of large portions of the island of Cuba at an early date shortened the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with International Law and Diplomacy of the Spanish-American War [1908] (Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History). To get started finding International Law and Diplomacy of the Spanish-American War [1908] (Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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