WAPPING

a dist. of London, on tha N. bank of the Thames, in the metropolitan bor. of Stepney. The London Docks are here. WAR. A _ condition of war arfses when one state attempts to impose its will upon another by means of force. A formal declaration of hostilities is not nece ary. A war can exist de facte without any declaration, its commencement being defined by the first act of hostility. The legal termination of @ war dates not from the ce ation of hostilities, but from the ratification b both sides of the treaty of peace; or, if there are several treaties, the last of them. The recognition of belligerency by neutrals does not entail recognition of the belligerents as sovereign states. The conduct of war between civilized peoples is, or ought to be, regulated in accordance with the laws of war as laid down by Inrernationan Law. The considerations which determine the actual operations and the methods by which these are carried out belong to the provinces of Strrarmey and Tactics.