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Its neutrality would not be compromised by the shipment from its shores, and the carriage by its merchantmen, of any quantity of cannon, rifles, and gunpowder.
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Thomas Erskine Holland
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Holland argues that a neutral state's shipment of arms does not compromise its neutrality.
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