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In such a case the neutral has ample warning of the danger to which he would be exposed did he not alter his intended course.
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Thomas Erskine Holland
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Holland emphasizes the importance of warning for neutrals in maritime navigation.
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Great Britain, for one, has no desire for an acre of new territory on the American continent.
What neutral States would ever take up arms for the sole reason that, two Powers being at war, the 'laws of war' had been violated by one or both of the belligerents?
This being so, it is necessary to recognise also that increased humanity in the mode of making war has in reality followed upon the gradual softening of manners.
But I go further, and think the softening of manners can alone bring about this result, which cannot be attained by a codification of the law of war.
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