MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The President's proclamation of April 26, 1898, declared the policy of the government in the conduct of the war would be to adhere to the rules of the Declaration of Paris therein set forth, one of them being thus expressed: "Neutral goods, not contraband of war, are not liable to confiscation under the enemy's flag."
The question is whether this cargo when captured was enemy...
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