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(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 35
ot' the said Declaration, conditional contraband, if
shown to have the destination referred to in Article 33,
is liable to capture to wkatever 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
considercd by all Prize Courts as an authoritative
statement of the meaning and Intention of the said
Declaration, and such Courts shall > onstrue and Interpret
the provisions of the said Declaration by the
light of the commentary given Hierein.
The declaration of London Order in Council
No. 2, 1914.
No. 1014. oltober 29 th.
Whereas by an Order in Council dated the
20th day of August 1914 His Majesty was pleased to
doclare that during the present hostilities the (Konvention
known as the Declaration of London should
snbject to certain conditions and modifications therein
specified ho adopted and put into force by His Majesty’s
Governement; 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 reenact
the said Order in Council with amendments in
Order to minimiss so far as possible, the interseren ce
with innocent neutral trade occasioned by the war:
Now therefore His Majesty by and with the advice
of his Privy Council, is pleased to Order and it is
hereby ordered as sollews: —
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 into 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 presumpiions
laid down in Article 34) be presumed to
exist if the goods are consigneü to or for an agent of
the enemy State.
III. Nothwithstanding 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 shlp’s papers do not show who is the consignee
of the goocss 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 preceeding paragraph
it shall lie npon the owner of the goods to prove that
their destination was innocent.
2. Where t is shown to the satisfaction of one
of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State that
the enemy Government is drawing snpplies 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”.
Auszugsweise Übersetzung.
Diese Proklamation trifft Verfügungen über die
Beschlagnahme und enthält folgende Abänderungen der
Bestimmungen der Londoner Seerechtsdeklaration:
I. Ein neutrales Schiff, aus dessen Papieren eine
neutrale Bestimmung hervorgeht, soll der Beschlagnahme
und Verurteilung unterliegen, wenn eS im Widerspruch
zu seinen Schiffspapieren einen feindlichen Hafen anläuft
und vor Beendigung seiner nächsten Reise aufgegriffen
wird.
II. Die im Art. 33 der Deklaration erwähnte Destination
soll unter Aufrechterhaltung der im Art. 34
festgestellten Vermutung auch angenommen werden, iven»
die Güter an oder für einen Agenten des feindlichen
Staates adressiert sind.
III. Ungeachtet der Bestimmungen des Art. 35
unterliegt bedingte Konterbande der Beschlagnahme
an Bord eines Schiffes, das nach einem neutralen
Hafen geht, wenn die Güter „to order“ adressiert sind
oder wenn die Schiffspapiere den Adressaten nicht erkennen
lassen, oder einen Adressaten ausweisen, der
sich im Feindesland oder vom Feinde besetzten Gebiete
befindet.
IV. In diesem Falle (Art. III) obliegt die Beweislast
für die zulässige Bestimmung dem Eigentümer der
Güter.
Wird der englischen Regierung hinreichend nachgewiesen,
daß eine feindliche Regierung Bedarfsartikel
für ihre bewaffnete Macht von oder durch einen neutralen
Staat bezieht, dann kann die Verfügung getroffen
werden, das die Begünstigung des Art. 35 aus
Schiffe, die nach Häfen dieses Landes gehen, nicht
anwendbar sein soll. Eine derartige Erklärung soll in
der „London Gazette" verlautbart werden und bis ans
