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The Heinrich Augustin: A Consideration of the Attitude of Sweden in Regard to the Territoriality of Bays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2017

Eric Cyril Bellquist
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 1930 , pp. 776 - 783
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References

1 See League of Nations publications, Vol. II, Territorial Waters (II C. 74. M.39.1929. V), pp. 187-192.

2 Such as Grisbadama (this Journal, Vol. 4 (1910), p. 226), The Elida (this Journal, Vol. 10 (1916), p. 916), The Trave, and The Maja.

3 Dr. Jessup, Philip C. in his work, The Law of Territorial Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction (1927), pp. 413-424 Google Scholar, discusses this case and cites the advisory opinion by Mr. Löfgren, but inasmuch as the additional opinions and the final decision had not been rendered in time to be incorporated in his treatment, the writer has thought it advisable to write this summary of the same.

4 All of these, and the complete record of the case, are contained in the publication of the Swedish Foreign Office, Till Frågan om Gränsen för Sveriges Territorialvatten (On the Question of the Limit of Swedish Territorial Waters). For a brief review of this see this Journal, Vol. 22 (1928), p. 717.

5 Laholm Bay is situated just north of Skelder Bay off the straits between Sweden and Denmark. The exact place of the apprehension of the German vessel was lat. N. 56° 32’, long. E. 12° 33’.

6 Till Frågan om Gränsen för Sveriges Territorialvatten, pp. 11-19. This will hereinafter be cited just as Till Frågan. See Jessup for a translation of this opinion.

7 See, for instance, the note of the Swedish Minister to the United States to Secretary of State Bryan, March 5,1915: “ Four nautical miles (7,420 metres) from the coast or from the farthest outlying islets or skerries which are not continually washed by the sea.” Naval War College, International Law Documents, International Agreements (1919), p. 153.

8 13 Annuaire de l’Institut de Droit Internationale, p. 146.

9 As in the Trave and the Maja.

10 Till Frågan, pp. 20-27. See also his articles, to which he refers in his brief, in 6 Revue de droit intemationale (1924), and 13 Zeitschrift für Völkerrecht (1925).

11 May 22, 1925. Till Frågan, pp. 29-34.

12 Ibid., pp. 35-36.

13 Till Frågan, pp. 38-46.

14 Ibid., pp. 47-50.

15 Till Frågan, pp. 63-54.

16 Ibid., pp. 56-76.

17 Ibid., p. 70. Cf. The Elida, this Journal, Vol. 10 (1916), pp. 916-921.

18 January 25, 1927. Till Frågan, pp. 77-92.

19 He cites Lawrence (French ed.), P- 146; Strupp, 2d ed., p. 75; Hall, 7th ed., p. 162; Vorwerk in Wörterbuch des Völkerrechts, Vol. I, p. 107; Hyde, Vol. I, p. 258; Oppenheim, 3d ed., Vol. I, p. 342; Rivier, Vol. I, p. 154; Von Ullmann, Völkerrecht, p. 294; Pitt-Cobbett, 4th ed. (Bellot), p. 147; Cecil Hurst in Brit. Yearbook of Int. Law, 1922-1923, p. 54; Westlake, 2d ed., p. 191; Fauchille, Vol. I, pt. 2, p. 386.

20 Till Frågan, pp. 92-119.

21 Cites Scott's commentary on the Newfoundland Fisheries arbitration as found in Schücking, Das Werk von Haag.

22 The decision in the Newfoundland Fisheries Case is printed in this Journal, Vol. 4 (1910), p. 948, and the dissenting opinion at p. 988.

23 Law Reports, Probate Division (1926), p. 185.

24 Till Frågan, p. 110.

25 The Sovereignty of the Sea, p. 669 et seq.

26 Till Frågan, pp. 120-121.