Transcriber's note

The following changes have been made:

• In "Calvo, Ch. Droit International. 5e éd. 6 vols. 1896." "ed." changed to "éd." (for French édition)
• In "Nearly all the important states of the world acceded" "acceeded" changed to "acceded"
• In "from a failure to fulfill the obligations of neutrality" "fulfil" changed to "fulfill"
• In Footnote 455 "Kow-shing" changed to "Kow-Shing"
• In index entry "Guerrilla troops" "Guerilla" changed to "Guerrilla" to match spelling on referenced page