"It is practically impossible for them to make a prize of her, and if they cannot put a prize crew on board, they cannot sink her without leaving her crew and all on board her to the mercy of the sea in her small boats."
Nothing could be more satisfactory than the views thus authoritatively put forth, first as to the applicable law, and secondly as to the means by which its prescriptions can be carried out.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. E. HOLLAND
Brighton, May 15 (1915).
Cf. supra, p. [70].
SECTION 6
Lawful Belligerents