SECOND SCHEDULE. (To take effect from the 30th August, 1914.) Proclamation of the 3rd August, 1914.-List of articles of which the exportation is prohibited from the United Kingdom. Creosote; Delete from the List of Articles : - Engines and lorries, internal combustion, capable of carrying a load of 25 cwt. and upwards, whole or in parts. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace this 20th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1914, and in the 5th year of our reign. God save the King! BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL extending the Operation of British Prize Courts to Austro-Hungarian Ships, Vessels, and Goods.-London, August 20, 1914.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of August, 1914. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS on the 4th day of August, 1914, a state of war came into existence between this country and the German Empiret; And whereas by His Majesty's Order in Council of the 5th day of August, 1914, the issue of a Commission was ordered authorizing the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral to require His Majesty's High Court of Justice to take cognizance of prize matters arising out of the said war; And whereas a state of war now also exists between this country and the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary,§ so that His Majesty's fleets and ships may lawfully seize all ships, vessels, and goods belonging to the said Dual Monarchy, or the citizens and subjects thereof, or other persons inhabiting within any of the countries, territories, or dominions of the said Dual Monarchy, and bring the same to judgment in such Courts of Admiralty within His Majesty's dominions, possessions, or colonies as shall be duly commissionated to take cognizance thereof: * "London Gazette," August 20, 1914. + Page 68. 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His Majesty is therefore pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that a Commission, in the form of the draft annexed hereto, shall issue under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, authorizing the said Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral to will and require His Majesty's High Court of Justice and the Judges thereof to take cognizance of, and judicially proceed upon, all and all manner of captures, seizures, prizes, and reprisals of all ships, vessels, and goods that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same; and according to the course of Admiralty and the Law of Nations, and the statutes, rules, and regulations for the time being in force in that behalf, to adjudge and condemn all such ships, vessels, and goods as shall belong to the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, or the citizens or subjects thereof, or to any other persons inhabiting within any of the countries, territories, or dominions of the said Dual Monarchy, as well as the ships, vessels, and goods belonging to the German Empire, or to the citizens or subjects thereof, or to any other persons inhabiting within any of the countries, territories, or dominions of the said German Empire. ALMERIC FITZROY, GEORGE V, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, to our right trusty and well-beloved Right Honourable Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, M.P.; Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., A.D.C.; Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, K.C.B., C.V.O.; Rear-Admiral Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore. C.V.O., C.B.; Captain Cecil Foley Lambert, R.N.; the Right Honourable George Lambert, M.P.; and the Right Honourable Sir Francis John Stephens Hopwood, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging, and to our Commissioners for executing that office for the time being, greeting: Whereas on the 4th day of August, 1914, a state of war came into existence between this country and the German Empire ; And whereas by our Commission under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, dated the 6th day of August, 1914, we did authorize and enjoin you, our said Commissioners, to require our High Court of Justice to take cognizance of prize matters arising out of the said war; And whereas a state of war now also exists between this country and the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, so that our fleets and ships may lawfully seize all ships, vessels, and goods belonging to the said Dual Monarchy, or the citizens and subjects thereof, or other persons inhabiting within any of the countries, territories, or dominions of the said Dual Monarchy, and bring the same to judgment in such Courts of Admiralty within our dominions, possessions, or colonies as shall be duly commissionated to take cognizance thereof: These are therefore to authorize, and we do hereby authorize and enjoin you, our said Commissioners, now and for the time being, or any two or more of you, in addition to and in extension of the warrant already given by you under our said Commission of the 6th day of August, 1914, to will and require our High Court of Justice and the Judges thereof, and the said High Court and the Judges thereof are hereby authorized and required to take cognizance of and judicially to proceed upon all and all manner of captures, seizures, prizes, and reprisals of all ships, vessels, and goods already seized and taken, and which hereafter shall be seized and taken, and to hear and determine the same, and according to the course of Admiralty and the Law of Nations, and the statutes, rules, and regulations for the time being in force in that behalf, to adjudge and condemn all such ships, vessels, and goods as shall belong to the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, or to the citizens or subjects thereof, or to any other persons inhabiting within any of the countries, territories, or dominions of the said Dual Monarchy, as well as the ships, vessels, and goods belonging to the German Empire, or to the citizens or subjects thereof, or to any other persons inhabiting within any of the countries, territories, or dominions of the said German Empire. In witness whereof we have caused the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to be put and affixed to these presents. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 20th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1914, and in the 5th year of our reign. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL relative to the adoption, with certain additions and modifications, of the Declaration of London.-London, August 20, 1914.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of August, 1914. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS during the present hostilities the naval forces of His Majesty will co-operate with the French and Russian naval forces; and * "London Gazette," August 22, 1914. Whereas it is desirable that the naval operations of the Allied forces, so far as they affect neutral ships and commerce, should be conducted on similar principles; and Whereas the Governments of France and Russia have informed His Majesty's Government that during the present hostilities it is their intention to act in accordance with the provisions of the Convention known as the Declaration of London, signed on the 26th day of February, 1909,* so far as may be practicable: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that during the present hostilities the Convention known as the Declaration of London shall, subject to the following additions and modifications, be adopted and put in force by His Majesty's Government as if the same had been ratified by His Majesty. The additions and modifications are as follows: 1. The lists of absolute and conditional contraband contained in the Proclamation dated August 4th, 1914, † shall be substituted for the lists contained in Articles 22 and 24 of the said Declaration. 2. A neutral vessel which succeeded in carrying contraband to the enemy with false papers may be detained for having carried such contraband if she is encountered before she has completed her return voyage. 3. The destination referred to in Article 33 may be inferred from any sufficient evidence, and (in addition to the presumption laid down in Article 34) shall be presumed to exist if the goods are consigned to or for an agent of the enemy State, or to or for a merchant or other person under the control of the authorities of the enemy State. 4. The existence of a blockade shall be presumed to be known (a.) To all ships which sailed from or touched at an enemy port a sufficient time after the notification of the blockade to the local authorities to have enabled the enemy Government to make known the existence of the blockade. (b.) To all ships which sailed from or touched at a British or Allied port after the publication of the declaration of blockade. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 35 of the said Declaration, conditional contraband, if shown to have the destination referred to in Article 33, is liable to capture to whatever port the vessel is bound and at whatever port the cargo is to be discharged. 6. The General Report of the Drafting Committee on the said Declaration presented to the Naval Conference, and adopted by the Conference at the eleventh plenary meeting on February 25th, 1909, shall be considered by all Prize Courts as an authoritative statement of the meaning and intention of the said Declaration, and such Courts shall construe and interpret the provisions of the said Declaration by the light of the commentary given therein. * Vol. CIV, page 239. † Page 72. And the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and each of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, all other Judges of His Majesty's Prize Courts, and all Governors, officers, and authorities whom it may concern, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the French List of Foreign Office, August 20, 1914. His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from His Majesty's Ambassador at Paris the text of a declaration issued by the French Government, specifying the articles which they intend to treat as contraband of war, whether as absolute or as conditional contraband, during the hostilities now in progress. The articles are the same as those which are specified in the schedules annexed to the King's Proclamation published in the supplement to the "London Gazette" of the 4th instant.* SCHEDULE 1. The following articles will be treated as absolute contraband : · 1. Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their distinctive component parts. 2. Projectiles, charges, and cartridges of all kinds, and their distinctive component parts. 3. Powder and explosives specially prepared for use in war. 4. Gun mountings, limber boxes, limbers, military waggons, field forges, and their distinctive component parts. 5. Clothing and equipment of a distinctively military character. 6. All kinds of harness of a distinctively military character. 7. Saddle, draught, and pack animals suitable for use in war. 8. Articles of camp equipment, and their distinctive component parts. 9. Armour plates. 10. Warships, including boats, and their distinctive component parts of such a nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war. 11. Aeroplanes, airships, balloons, and aircraft of all kinds, and their component parts, together with accessories and articles recognizable as intended for use in connection with balloons and aircraft. 12. Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of munitions of war, for the manufacture or repair of arms, or war material for use on land and sea. * Page 72, |