[326] U. S. Proclamation, April 26, 1898; Spain, Decree of April 23, 1898.
[327] Treaties U. S., p. 1176 ff.
[328] U. S. Naval War Code, Art. 5. Appendix, p. 402.
[329] Captain C. H. Stockton, "Submarine Telegraph Cables in Time of War," Proceed. U. S. Naval Inst., Vol. XXIV., p. 451.
[330] For the discussion of the laws and customs of war, at The Hague Peace Conference, see Holls, 134 et seq.
[332] Oxford Manual, 51; Appendix, p. [377].