State succession — Succession with regard to obligations for torts — Pillage of private neutral property by soldiers — Acts committed by Imperial Russian soldiers — Soviet Decree of 1919 repudiating liability — Effect of — Claim under United States International Claims Settlement Act, 1949.

State responsibility — In general — Attributability — Responsibility for improper conduct of military operations — Pillage of neutral property — Responsibility of State for acts of its armed forces — Acts of Imperial Russian soldiers in 1915 — Responsibility of Soviet Government.