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a use which is inconsiatent witli the use of the Canal 
in the ordinary way by other shipping. 
Foreign Office, October 23, 1914. 
Notification by the Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs as to the Detention during the 
War or Requisitioning Subject to indemnity of 
Austro-Hungarian Merchant Ships which clea- 
red from their last port before the declaration 
of War and are captured after the outbreak ot 
Hostilities. 
The Secretary of State for Foreign Äffairs has 
received information to satisfy him that British 
merchant ships, which cleared from their last port of 
departure before the outbreak of hostilities with 
Austria-Hungary, but have been, or may be, met with 
at sea by Austro-Hungarian ships of war after the 
outbreak of such hostilities, are to bedetained during 
hte war, or requisitionei in lieu of condemnation as 
prize, and he has accordingly addressed the under- 
meutioned notification to the Lords Commissioners of 
the Admiralty. 
Foreign Office, October 31, 1914. 
Sir Edward Grey to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Admirals y. 
Foreign Office, October 31, 1914. 
My Lords, 
I have the honour to state that information has 
roached me of a nature to satisfy me that British 
merchant ships, which cleared from their last port 
before the outbreak of hostilities with Austria-Hungary, 
but have been, or may be, met with at sea by Austro- 
Hungarian ships of war after the outbreak of such 
hostilities, are to be detained during the war, or re- 
quisitioned in lieu of condemnation as prize. 
Austro-Hungarian merchant vessels therefore, which 
cleared from their last port before the declaration of 
war, and are captured after the outbreak of hostilities 
with Austria-Hungary and brought before British Prize 
Courts for adjudieatiou, will be detained during the 
war, or requisitioned Subject to indemnity.