They must be restored, and compensation must be arranged for them at the peace." Convention No.v., by Art.

3, forbids belligerents (1) to install on neutral territory a radio-telegraphic station, or any other apparatus, for communicating with their land or sea forces; (2) to employ such apparatus, established by them there before the war, for purely military purposes.

By Art.

5, a neutral Power is bound to permit nothing of the sort.
SUBMARINE CABLES Sir,--The possibility of giving some legal protection to submarine cables has been carefully considered by the Institut de Droit International.

A committee was appointed in 1878 to consider the subject, and the presentation of its report to the meeting at Brussels in 1879 was followed by an interesting discussion (see the _Annuaire de l'Institut_, 1879-80, pp.