Gibraltar: Falkland Islands; St. Helena; The East Africa Protectorate; British West African Colonies and Protectorates. 3. That the following articles be deleted from the list of articles prohibited from being exported to foreign ports in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the exception of those of France, Russia (except Baltic ports), Belgium, Spain, and Portugal, established by His Majesty's Proclamations of the 5th and 20th August, 1914† and by the Order of Council of the 25th September, 1914 ‡ : Uniform clothing; Men's marching and shooting boots; Heliographs; Horse and pony shoes; Graphite. 4. That the export of the following articles to foreign ports in Europe and on the Mediterranean and Black Seas, with the exception of those of France, Russia (except Baltic ports), Belgium, Spain, and Portugal be prohibited, viz. : Undressed goatskins; Sheepskins, woolled (i.e., with the wool left on); Graphite, suitable for the manufacture of crucibles. 5. That the export of the following articles be prohibited to all foreign ports other than those situated in His Majesty's dominions, colonies not possessing responsible Government, possessions and protectorates : Woollen and worsted yarns; All woollen and worsted cloth, without pattern (except women's dress stuffs and cloth manufactured from merino wool), if suitable for uniform clothing; Uniform clothing; Cardigan jackets, woollen jerseys, woollen gloves, woollen socks, and men's woollen underwear of all kinds. 6. That the export of the following articles be prohibited to all destinations: Compasses other than ships' compasses; Signalling lamps operated by electricity, and capable of being used for signalling Morse or other code; Men's heavy boots; Horse-shoes; Heliographs; Woollen waste; Woollen rags applicable to other uses than manure, pulled or not; Woollen tops; Woollen noils. Now, therefore, their Lordships, having taken the said * Page 79. + Page 96. + Page 125. recommendation into consideration, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the same be approved: Whereof the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise, and all other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH NOTIFICATION relative to Enemy Ships in the Suez Canal.-London, October 23, 1914.* Foreign Office, October 23, 1914. His Majesty's Government have issued a notification in the following terms to the representatives of foreign maritime Powers in London, and have asked them to communicate it to their Governments : Since the outbreak of war certain ships of enemy countries have remained in the Suez Canal. Some of these vessels were detained by the Egyptian Government on account of hostile acts committed in the Canal; some because there was reason to apprehend that they contemplated hostile acts; others, though perfectly free, have refused to leave the Canal in spite of the offer of a free pass, thus disclosing their intention to use the ports of the Canal merely as ports of refuge, a measure which is not contemplated by the Suez Canal Convention. His Majesty's Government do not admit that the conventional right of free access to and use of the Canal enjoyed by merchant vessels implies any right to make use of the Canal and its ports of access for an indefinite time to escape capture, since the obvious result of permitting any such course must be greatly to incommode and even to block the use of the ports and Canal by other ships, and they are consequently of opinion that the Egyptian Government are fully justified in the steps which they are taking to remove from the Canal all enemy ships which have been long enough in the Canal ports to show clearly that they have no intention of departing in the ordinary way, and that they are putting the Canal and its ports to a use which is inconsistent with the use of the Canal in the ordinary way by other shipping. # "London Gazette," October 27, 1914. BRITISH PROCLAMATION extending the Prohibitions contained in the Proclamation of September 9, 1914, relating to Trading with the Enemy.-London, October 26, 1914.* GEORGE, R.1. WHEREAS by our Proclamation dated the 9th day of September, 1914,† called "The Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, No. 2," certain prohibitions, as therein more specifically set forth, were imposed upon all persons therein referred to; And whereas by our Proclamation dated the 30th day of September, 1914, the prohibitions contained in "The Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, No. 2," were extended, and the importation of sugar was prohibited as therein more specifically set forth; And whereas by our Proclamation dated the 8th day of October, 1914,§ our Proclamation of the 9th September, 1914, called "The Trading with the Enemy Proclamation, No. 2," was amended as therein more specifically set forth; And whereas it is desirable to revoke our Proclamation dated the 30th day of September, 1914: Now, therefore, we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation declaring, and it is hereby declared, as follows: 1. The aforesaid Proclamation of the 30th day of September is hereby as from the date hereof revoked, and from and after the date hereof this present Proclamation is substituted therefor. 2. The importation into the United Kingdom of all sugar is hereby prohibited provided that the foregoing prohibition shall not extend to sugar (not being raw or refined sugar made or produced by an enemy or in an enemy country, or refined sugar made or produced from raw sugar made or produced by an enemy or in an enemy country): · (a.) Cleared from the port of shipment to this country on or before the 26th October, 1914; (b.) Imported under contract made prior to the 4th August, 1914. 3. Nothing in this Proclamation shall be taken to prohibit anything which shall be expressly permitted by our licence, or by the licence given on our behalf by a Secretary of State or the Board of Trade, whether such licence be granted especially to individuals or be announced as applying to classes of persons. 4. The words 66 enemy" and enemy country" and "person" shall have the same meaning in this our Proclamation as in our said Proclamation of the 9th day of September, 1914. 66 * "London Gazette," October 26, 1914. Page 142. § Page 146. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace this 26th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1914, and in the 5th year of our reign. God save the King! BRITISH NOTIFICATION relative to Austro-Hungarian Treatment of British Deposits in Austrian and Hungarian Banks.-London, October 27, 1914. Foreign Office, October 27, 1914. THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a note from the United States Ambassador stating that, according to information furnished to the United States Government by their Ambassador at Vienna, the Austro-Hungarian Government will grant protection to money belonging to British subjects lying in Austrian and Hungarian banks until the conclusion of peace, on the basis of reciprocity. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL relative to the Declaration of London.-London, October 29, 1914.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of October, 1914. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the 20th day of August, 1914,† His Majesty was pleased to declare that during the present hostilities the Convention known as the Declaration of Londont should, subject to certain additions and modifications therein specified, be adopted and put in force by His Majesty's Government; and Whereas the said additions and modifications were rendered necessary by the special conditions of the present war; and Whereas it is desirable and possible now to re-enact the said Order in Council with amendments in order to minimise, so far as possible, the interference with innocent neutral trade occasioned by the war: *"London Gazette," October 29, 1914. + Page 100. Vol. CIV, page 239. Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1. During the present hostilities the provisions of the Convention known as the Declaration of London shall, subject to the exclusion of the lists of contraband and non-contraband, and to the modifications hereinafter set out, be adopted and put in force by His Majesty's Government. The modifications are as follows:- (i.) A neutral vessel, with papers indicating a neutral destination, which, notwithstanding the destination shown on the papers, proceeds to an enemy port, shall be liable to capture and condemnation if she is encountered before the end of her next voyage. (ii.) The destination referred to in Article 33 of the said Declaration shall (in addition to the presumptions laid down in Article 34) be presumed to exist if the goods are consigned to or for an agent of the enemy State. (iii.) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 35 of the said Declaration, conditional contraband shall be liable to capture on board a vessel bound for a neutral port if the goods are consigned "to order," or if the ship's papers do not show who is the consignee of the goods or if they show a consignee of the goods in territory belonging to or occupied by the enemy. (iv.) In the cases covered by the preceding paragraph (iii) it shall lie upon the owners of the goods to prove that their destination was innocent. 2. Where it is shown to the satisfaction of one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State that the enemy Government is drawing supplies for its armed forces from or through a neutral country, he may direct that in respect of ships bound for a port in that country, Article 35 of the said Declaration shall not apply. Such direction shall be notified in the "London Gazette," and shall operate until the same is withdrawn. So long as such direction is in force, a vessel which is carrying conditional contraband to a port in that country shall not be immune from capture. 3. The Order in Council of the 20th August, 1914, directing the adoption and enforcement during the present hostilities of the Convention known as the Declaration of London, subject to the additions and modifications therein specified, is hereby repealed. 4. This Order may be cited as "The Declaration of London Order in Council, No. 2, 1914." 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 |