CONTENTS. xi 



MARITIME INTERNATIONAL LAW. 



PAGES 



Maritime Law defined. Historic risumS. Customs of the earliest 

 Maritime States. The "Consolato Del Mare." Treaties on 

 Maritime Law since the 17th Century. Armed Neutrality of 

 Russia, 1780. Actionof England in 1854. The Declaration of 

 Paris, 1856. Action of the United States. Piracy ». 

 Privateering. The "Alabama" Controversy. Commercial Blockade. 

 Its abolition advocated. Opinions of Grotius, Napoleon I., and 

 Charles Sumner 286 to 304 



THE MILITARY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION 

 OF EUROPE, 1891. 



Armaments provocative of War. The Military Conscription. Si 

 ■vis Pacem parem Bellum. Military and Financial Condition of 

 Austro - Hungarian Empire. Belgium. Denmark. France. 

 German Empire. Great Britain and Ireland. Greece. Italy. 

 Holland. Luxembourg. Montenegro. Norway. Portugal. 

 Roumania. Russian Empire. Servia. Spain. Sweden. 

 Switzerland. Ottoman Empire. Roumelia and Bulgaria. 

 Egypt. Financial Summary. Military Summary. Europe from 

 1840 to 1890. Military and Financial comparison. Opinions of 

 The Daily Telegraph and The Times. The late Mr. John 

 Bright on the situation. A stormy outlook. Duty of the friends 

 of Peace in this Crisis 305 to 339 



AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR EUROPE. 



Militarism in the 19th Century. Practice of Civilised Communities. 

 Wars of Modern Europe. Declaration of Lord John Russell. 

 Opinion of Grotius. Absence of a Judicial Tribunal. Historic 

 Survey of International Tribunals. Draft project of "A High 

 Court of Nations," by Leone Levi. Moral v. Potential Power. 

 Instances of successful and unsuccessful Congresses. The 

 Concert of Europe. Opinions of eminent Publicists. A Tribunal 

 for Europe, with Executive Authority. A great Reform 

 advocated 340 tt 373 



APPENDIX. 



In chronological order, Instances of Successful Arbitration by Con- 

 ferences. Mediation, and Amicable Reference. Declarations of 

 Legislative Bodies. Resolutions of Congresses. Clauses in 

 International Treaties. Opinions of Statesmen, and Jurists. 



374 to 408 



