His surrender. which is required by due respect for the territorial law. must be obtained diplomatically. In like manner. if an offense is committed on board which takes effect externally. and the captain refuses to make reparationif. for example. he were to refuse to give up or to punish a person who while within the vessel had shot another person outsideapplication for redress must be made to the government to which the ship belongs. If. on the other hand. the captain of a vessel were to allow political refugees to maintain communication with the shore and to make the ship a focus of intrigue. or if he were to send a party of marines to arrest a deserter. an extreme case would arise. in which the imminence of danger in the one instance. and in the other the disregard of the sovereign rights of the state. wOuld justify the exceptional measure of expulsion. The case is again different if a political refugee is granted simple hospitality. The right to protect him has been acquired bycustom. Hall goes on to say: He [the fugitive] should not be sought out or invited. but if he appears at the side of the ship and asks admittance. he need not be turned away.
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