13. _A Shot across the Frontier._
On Sept. 26th, 1887, a German soldier, on sentry duty at the frontier
near Vexaincourt, fired a shot from the German side and killed an
individual who was on French territory.
14. _A Revolted Prize._
An enemy merchantman having been captured during war, a prize crew is
put on board and she is navigated in the direction of a port of the
state which made the capture. During the voyage the original crew
succeed in overpowering the prize crew. The master again takes command,
has the prize crew put in irons, and steers for a friendly port. Before
the vessel gets there, however, she is again captured.
Can the crew be punished?
15. _Investments Abroad._
Armand Brunetiere, a French merchant in Paris, who has never been in
England, instructs a broker on the London Stock Exchange to buy L1,000
worth of consols, and to keep the stock at his disposal. The order is
carried out, and six months afterwards Brunetiere dies. His heirs claim
the stock, but the English brokers refuse to hand it over unless the
English estate duty, which is claimed by the officials of the Inland
Revenue, has first been paid.
16. _Russian Coasting Trade._
Russia declared, by a ukase of 1897, operating from 1900, that trade
between any of her ports and that of Vladivostok should be considered
as coasting trade and therefore exclusively reserved for Russian
vessels.