By Art.

28 of the Declaration, raw cotton was enumerated among the articles which cannot be declared contraband of war.
The suggestion in the letter of February 20, 1904, that certain words quoted from the Japanese instructions had been mistransmitted or misquoted was borne out by the Regulations governing captures at sea, issued on March 15, 1904, Art.

14 of which announces that certain goods are contraband "in case they are destined to the enemy's army or navy, or in case they are destined to the enemy's territory, and from the landing place it can be inferred that they are intended for military purposes." The letters of March 10 and 15, 1905, will sufficiently explain themselves.

The accuracy of the statements contained in them was vouched for by Baron Suyematsu, in a letter which appeared in _The Times_ for March 16, to the effect that: "In Japan the matters relating to the organisation and procedure of the prize court, and the matters relating to prize, contraband goods, &c., are regulated by two separate sets of laws....

The so-called prize Court law of August 20, 1894, and amendment dated March 1, 1904, which your correspondent refers to, are the provisions relating to the former matters.