War

War is a condition of mutual hostility between two nations, characterized by the following incidents; 1. The citizens of the two nations are forbidden to have any peaceful intercourse of any kind with each other; 2. The organized forces of one nation may lawfully attempt to invade the country of the other, kill all those who resist, confiscate any property necessary for the purpose of warfare, and destroy anything that may be of military advantage to the enemy. They may also at sea or in the ports, seize or destroy any shipping of the enemy country and any contraband of war found on neutral ships; 3. The invading army supersedes the Government of the country invaded, and may claim the obedience of the inhabitants; 4. Any government at war may suspend in its own country the normal methods of law and Government to secure greater efficiency in fighting.  Cictizens may be drafted into the army, and proeprty needed may be commandeered. War creates an unbalancing condition in states. War changes the financial conditions  and creates economic and social  problems for its people.

The condition of being at war may exist with or without a formal declaration to that effect, but it ceases only when formal proclamation is made unless by treaty between the formerly warring nations, publication of the treaty itself terminates the war.