Вот относящиеся к этому делу параграфы конвенций и постановлений. Особенное внимание на па 37 говорящий об праве захватить корабль везущий контрабанду (absoulte or conditional) "on the high seas or in the territorial waters of the belligerents throughout the whole of her voyage"
Declaration concerning the Laws of Naval War, 208 Consol. T.S. 338 (1909).
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/1909b.htmArt. 20. A vessel which has broken blockade outwards, or which has attempted to break blockade inwards, is liable to capture so long as she is pursued by a ship of the blockading force. If the pursuit is abandoned, or if the blockade is raised, her capture can no longer be effected.
Art. 21. A vessel found guilty of breach of blockade is liable to condemnation. The cargo is also condemned, unless it is proved that at the time of the shipment of the goods the shipper neither knew nor could have known of the intention to break the blockade.
Art. 37. A vessel carrying goods liable to capture as absolute or conditional contraband may be captured on the high seas or in the territorial waters of the belligerents throughout the whole of her voyage, even if she is to touch at a port of call before reaching the hostile destination.
Art. 63. Forcible resistance to the legitimate exercise of the right of stoppage, search, and capture, involves in all cases the condemnation of the vessel. The cargo is liable to the same treatment as the cargo of an enemy vessel. Goods belonging to the master or owner of the vessel are treated as enemy goods.
Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War (Hague XIII); October 18, 1907
Art. 6.
The supply, in any manner, directly or indirectly, by a neutral Power to a belligerent Power, of war-ships, ammunition, or war material of any kind whatever, is forbidden.
