Supreme Court of the United States December 11, 1899, 115 (The Pedro)

Mr. Chief Justice Fuller

delivered the opinion of the court.

When, on the twenty-second day of April, this Spanish steamer sailed from Havana, the United States and Spain were at war. Congress had adopted a resolution, April 20, demanding “ that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from.