NOTES
[12] Vanselow, Völkerrecht, Berlin, 1931, Figure 226 i.
[13] In 1935, the American Senator Ney demanded the prohibition of operational areas. In 1937 Charles Warren made a request for discussion of the subject in the Society for International Law. And also the afore-mentioned draft of a convention by American jurists of 1939 deals with this question.
[14] Théories stratégiques IV, Page 323: “Même en zone de guerre n’aura-t-on pas contre sol le damné article 22 du traité de Londres?”
[15] Bauer, Das U-Boot, 1931, Report on it by Captain G. P. Thomson, R.N. in The Journal of the Royal News Instruction 1931, Page 511.
[16] Sperrgebiete im Seekrieg, Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Volume VIII, 1938, Page 671.
[17] French Yellow Book, La Conférence de Washington, Page 88.
[18] Report of 8 October 1940, Page 3: “One thing is certain, namely, apart from vessels in declared war zones, destruction of a merchant vessel is envisaged if even only after capture.”
[19] Commander Russel Grenfell, R.N., The Art of the Admiral, London, 1937, Page 80. “The neutral merchants, however, are not likely to relinquish a highly lucrative trade without a struggle and thus there arises the acrimonious wrangle between belligerents and neutrals which is a regular feature of maritime warfare, the rules for which are dignified by the name of international law.”