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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 cleared
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 undermeutioned
notification to the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty.
Foreign Office, October 31, 1914.
Sir Edward Grey to the Lords Commissioners
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 requisitioned
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.
