... at 61 COLLISIONS OF NAKED INTEREST 175 century, chiefly because it was common for lawyers to hold that a state of war could be created either by way of a declaration or by the outbreak of de facto ... Consolidated Mines Ltd, [1902] AC 484, at 504 COLLISIONS OF NAKED INTEREST 179 occurred An illustration of the point occurred in the context of the Seven Years War of 1756–63, between Britain and France ... and Sick in Armies, July 1906, 202 CTS 144 COLLISIONS OF NAKED INTEREST 189 the protection of prisoners of war were contained in the Hague Rules of 1899 and 1907, with a special Geneva Convention...