of the Declaration of Paris would of course entitle us to do the same, but this would not in practice enable us to seize German exports on any extensive scale since the Declaration of Paris can easily be circumvented by effecting a transfer of the property before shipment. In brief, German exporters would take care that the neutral purchaser acquired the legal property in the goods before they were shipped. The goods would then, although of German origin, be neutral owned and could not be seized as enemy property.