The Government Class Book Part 53

--1. What rights have nations on the seas? By what laws are persons at sea governed?

--2. Over what waters flowing through its territory has a nation jurisdiction? To what distance on the sea?

--3. What right have other nations to a pa.s.sage over its lands and waters? Why is this an imperfect right?

--4. What are the mutual rights and duties of a state and foreign immigrants?

--5. What is its duty in respect to foreign criminals?

--6. What is said of the responsibility of emba.s.sadors? For bad conduct, how are they punishable? Why are they not amenable to the laws of the foreign state?

--7. What rights have they in countries through which they pa.s.s? What is a pa.s.sport?

--8. How are emba.s.sadors dealt with for disrespectful conduct at a foreign court?

--9. What do ministers do when they are ill-treated?

--10. If a government, for good cause, refuses to receive a minister, what is its duty?

--11. What power has a minister in making treaties?

--12. To what laws are consuls subject? What is their business?

Chapter LXV.

--1. Define offensive and defensive war. What are the contending parties called? Who are neutrals?

--2. What are the proper characteristics of a war?

--3. What are objects of a lawful war?

--4. When is a personal injury to the citizens of one state by those of another deemed just cause of war?

--5. What ought a government to do before resorting to war to redress injuries?

--6. How is satisfaction sometimes sought without making war? How are reprisals made? Define confiscate.

--7. To justify reprisals, what is necessary?

--8. How far is a nation bound by a treaty of alliance to a.s.sist another in war?

--9. In what cases is it not bound to render the aid?

--10. What if the alliance is defensive? Is the government that first applies force always the aggressor?

Chapter LXVI.

--1. How is war usually announced? By what authority?

--2. Is a declaration communicated to the enemy? What is deemed sufficient?

--3. When war is declared, who are involved in it?

--4. How does war in a state affect the persons and property of the enemy's subjects found within such state?

--5. How is trade between the two countries affected by the war?

--6. What is necessary to make offensive hostilities lawful? In what case would such permission be beneficial?

--7. How far does a just war give the right to take the life of the enemy?

--8. How are prisoners of war to be treated? What is said about the exchange and ransom of prisoners?

--9. What kinds of property may not, and what may, be destroyed?

--10. What is said of stratagems?

--11. Of spies?

--12. In what kind of war is the destruction of private property lawful?

On what ground?

--13. What are privateers? What are their owners authorized to do? How is privateering encouraged?

--14. How is the abuse of this right prevented?

--15. State the proceedings of the captors and the court, in cases of capture?

--16. Who has the primary right to all prizes? How do the citizens get any interest in them?

Chapter LXVII.

--1. To what is a neutral nation bound? What kind of aid to an enemy is unlawful?

--2. How is the trade of a neutral affected by war? With what may she still supply a belligerent?

--3. What is said of the right of a neutral to carry the goods in such cases?

--4. What are prohibited articles called? What goods are contraband?