So far as the neutral Government is concerned, its subjects may carry even cannon and gunpowder to a belligerent port, while the belligerent, on the other hand, who is injured by the trade may take all necessary stops to suppress it.
Holland states that subjects of a neutral government may trade arms, while belligerents can take action against such trade.
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Objections might, of course, be made to them as unlikely to produce their hoped-for effect, or as repugnant to our feelings of humanity or honour.
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.
Every law presupposes an authority to superintend and direct its execution, and international conventions are supported by no such authority.
Perpetual peace is a dream, and it is not even a beautiful dream.
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