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cannot therefore recognize the right
of appeal to them.
In this connection His Majes-
ty's Government feel it incumbent
upon them to reiterate that the
carriage by merchant vessels of
munitions of war or other contra-
band articles in the ordinary
course of commerce to any foreign
port is a matter which, during
hostilities, is undertaken subject
to the usual risks of visit, search
and capture on the high seas by
either belligerent, and is not con-
trary,