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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 Con 
ference 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 Inter 
pret 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 (Kon 
vention 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 re- 
enact 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 contra 
band 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 desti 
nation 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 pre- 
sumpiions 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 De 
claration of London Subject to the additions and mo 
difications 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 an 
läuft und vor Beendigung seiner nächsten Reise auf 
gegriffen wird. 
II. Die im Art. 33 der Deklaration erwähnte De 
stination 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 er 
kennen lassen, oder einen Adressaten ausweisen, der 
sich im Feindesland oder vom Feinde besetzten Gebiete 
befindet. 
IV. In diesem Falle (Art. III) obliegt die Beweis- 
last für die zulässige Bestimmung dem Eigentümer der 
Güter. 
Wird der englischen Regierung hinreichend nach 
gewiesen, daß eine feindliche Regierung Bedarfsartikel 
für ihre bewaffnete Macht von oder durch einen neu 
tralen Staat bezieht, dann kann die Verfügung ge 
troffen 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