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331 Magnitude of the Problem of Caring for Prisoners During the Recent

War.

332 Prisoners of War Information Bureaus..

333 Inspection of Prison Camps by Neutral Representatives..

334 Character and Methods of Inspection. .

335 Pay of Officers Held as Prisoners..

336 Officers' Quarters...

337 Quarters and Housing Arrangements for Men.

338 The Ruheleben Prison Camp..

339 The Camp at Wittenberg...

340 Gardelegen and Other "bad" Camps..

341 Mixing of Prisoners of Different Nationalities.

342 Regulations and Practice as to Clothing..

CHAPTER XXII

TREATMENT OF PRISONERS (Continued)

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343 Regulations and Practice as to Food and Diet....

344 The British and French Ration.....

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345 The German Ration....

346 Dependence of British and French Prisoners on Parcels from Home...

347 British and French Complaints.

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356 Differential Treatment of Prisoners Captured on German Submarines.

357 Other Reprisals and Threats of Reprisals. .

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358 Exchange of Civilian Prisoners...

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359 Transfer of Wounded and Invalided Prisoners to Switzerland.

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360 Repatriation of Prisoners in Long Captivity..

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CHAPTER XXIII

MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN BELGIUM

361 General von der Goltz's Appointment as Governor-General

362 Revocation of Consular Exequaturs..

363 Powers of the Governor-General.

364 Powers of the Local Authorities Taken Over.

365 German Legislation in Belgium...

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369 Movement to Detach Flemish Belgium — Transformation of the Uni-

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versity of Ghent into a Flemish Institution..

370 Deportation of Professors Pirenne and Frédéricq..

371 Right of a Military Occupant to Interfere with Educational Institu-

tions...

372 Division of Belgium into Two Districts.

375 Right of a Military Occupant to Establish Special Tribunals.

378 The Germans Take over the Whole Administration of Justice in Belgium

379 The German Regime of Criminal Repression in Belgium.

380 Criticism of the German Theory of War Treason

382 Execution of Women - Case of Edith Cavell.

383 Intervention of the American Legation in Her Behalf.

384 The German Defence...

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385 Past Practice as to the Execution of Women for War Crimes.

386 Observations on the Cavell Case ......

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CHAPTER XXV

CONTRIBUTIONS, REQUISITIONS, AND FORCED LABOR

387 German Policy in the Wars of 1866 and 1870-71.

388 German Contributions During the Recent War.

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389 The General Contribution on Belgium....

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390 Provisions of the Hague Convention in Respect to Contributions..

391 Purposes for which Contributions may be Levied.

392 The Decuple Tax on Belgian Refugees....

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393 Requisitions of Supplies...

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394 Provisions of the Hague Convention in Respect to Requisitions.

395 Requisition of Live Stock for Transportation to Germany..

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396 Seizure and Transportation of Machinery to Germany

397 Requisition of Railway Material..

398 Cutting of Forests....

399 Seizure of Funds of Private Banks and Post-offices

400 Requisition of Services for Military Work....

401 Requisition of Guides.

402 Views of the Authorities.

CHAPTER XXVI

COLLECTIVE FINES AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY

403 German Theory and Practice...

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404 German Policy During the War of 1870-71

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405 Fines Imposed on Belgian Towns and Cities During the Recent War..

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428 Power of a Military Occupant over the Inhabitants of Occupied Terri-

tory....

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429 German Policy Unprecedented in Modern Times.

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430 Conclusion..

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433 The British Inquiry of Germany and France in 1914.

434 The German Ultimatum to Belgium....

435 Reply of the Belgian Government and the German Invasion.

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440 Criticism of the German Theory of Kriegsraison.

441 Military Necessity as a Defence for the Invasion of Belgium..

442 The German Argument Analyzed.

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CHAPTER XXIX

THE GERMAN INVASION OF BELGIUM (Continued)

443 Alleged French Violations of Belgian Neutrality. . . .

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444 German Charges Against Belgium - The Anglo-Belgian "Conversa-

tions".

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445 May a Neutralized State Enter into Alliances? .

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446 Effect of the Treaties of 1870 on the Neutralization Treaty.

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Was the Treaty of 1839 Binding on the German Empire in 1914?.

448 The Provisions of the Hague Convention in Respect to the Inviola-

bility of Neutral Territory...

449 The Rebus Sic Stantibus Argument...

450 Evaluation of the German Arguments.

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452 Duty of the Guarantors of the Neutralization of Belgium.

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451 The Right of Passage in Time of War.

CHAPTER XXX

INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF NEUTRAL TERRITORY

(Continued)

I. THE GERMAN INVASION OF LUXEMBURG

453 The Neutralization Convention of 1867.....

454 Invasion of Luxemburg by the Germans in 1914.

455 Germany's Principal Defence...

456 The German Plea Analyzed.

457 Invasion of Belgium and Luxemburg Compared.

458 Other German Defences..