It is uncertain how the first definite breach arose, but it is easy to see that whatever the actual casus belli, such a development was inevitable.

[Sidenote:2] The casus belli lay in the confiscation of the money which Claudius had given to the foremost Britons,Decianus Catus, governor of the island, announcing that this must now be sent back.

Bernstorff took the opportunity of Bismarck's presence in Berlin to ask his advice; the answer was: "The circumstance that the Elector has thrown a royal letter on the table is not a clever casus belli; if you want war, make me your Under Secretary; I will engage to provide you a German civil war of the best quality in a few weeks."

Thus apparently trifling causes may under certain circumstances constitute a fully justifiable casus belli if the honour of the State, and consequently its moral prestige, are endangered.

There are many varieties, some of which are very delicate, as the Actinia anguicoma, or Snaky-locked Anemone, and the pink and brown Actinia bellis, which so resembles a daisy.

He must find some pretence for abandoning his designs on Luxemburg, any attempt to seize which would be a plain casus belli.

Trojani tempore belli, Panthoides Euphorbus eram," a horse, a man, a sponge.