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Thomas Erskine Holland: The cutting, elsewhere than in the enemy's waters, of a cable connecting enemy with neutral territory receives no…

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The cutting, elsewhere than in the enemy's waters, of a cable connecting enemy with neutral territory receives no countenance from international law.
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Thomas Erskine Holland

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Holland asserts that international law does not support cutting cables outside enemy waters.

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