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PREFACE.
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(vi)
Wording of Cypher Telegram from Secretary of State.
(1.)
Detain British vessels as
laid down in Preface Defence Scheme from [date].
Flace embargo on enemy's public ships from [date] see Preface Defence Scheme.
Allow departure
enemy's
merchant vessels until [date] under conditions in Preface Defence Scheme.
Prohibit export of warlike stores specified in Defence Scheme from [date].
Meaning of Telegram.
(2.)
No ships or vessels belonging to any of His Majesty's subjects are to be permitted to enter and clear out for any ports of the enemy after the date when this order is put into force, until further order. The utmost care is, however, to be taken for the preservation of all and every part of the cargoes on board any of the said ships or vessels, so that no loss, damage, or injury whatever be sustained thereby.
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A general embargo or stop is to be put upon all public ships and vessels whatsoever belonging to the enemy which may be within any of the ports, harbours, or roads within any of His Majesty's dominions at the date when this order is ordered to be put in force, or which shall thereafter come into them, together with all persons and effects on board the said ships or vessels. The utmost care is, how- ever, to be taken for the preservation of all and every part of the cargoes on board any of the said ships or vessels, so that no loss, damage, or injury whatsoever be sustained thereby.
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Enemy's merchant vessels in any ports or places within His Majesty's dominions shall be allowed until the [date] for loading their cargoes and departing from such ports or places; and such vessels if met at sea by any of His Majesty's ships, shall be per- mitted to continue their voyage, if, on examination of their papers, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken on board before the expiration of the term named; provided that nothing herein contained shall extend or be taken to extend to enemy's vessels having on board any officers in the military or naval services of the enemy, or any article prohibited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the enemy's Government.
Further, any enemy's vessel which, prior to the date when this order is put into force, shall have sailed from any foreign port, bound for any port or place in His Majesty's dominions, shall be permitted to enter such port or place and to discharge her cargo, and afterwards forthwith to depart without molesta- tion, and any such vessel, if met at sea by any of His Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to continue her voyage to any port not blockaded.
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The export of the following articles should be prohibited from [date] until further order:--
Ammunition and explosives, and the materials used
in their manufacture.
Arms, guns, and gun mountings of all descriptions
with their component parts. Accoutrements.
Armour plates.
Balloons, kites. and airships.
Fuzes and detonators.
Heliographs. sigual flags, and naval and military signalling apparatus of all descriptions, includ- ing wireless telegraphy apparatus.
Intrenching tools.
Marine boilers and engines, including any parts
thereof.
Materials used in ship construction.
Mining cables.
Naval and military stores of every description, in-
cluding tents, uniform, and equipment.
Range finders.
Search-light apparatus.
Submarine mines and torpedoes.
Torpedo net defence and parts thereof.
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References
to Despatches, &c.
(3.)
Lord Knutsford's confidential circular despatch of the 1st July, 1891.
Lord Knutsford's confidential circular despatch of the 1st July, 1891.
Lord Knutsford's confidential circular despatch of the 1st July, 1891.
Enclosure in Lord Elgin's confidential circular despatch of the 12th December, 1905, giving a list of articles.
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