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Translation of CODE Telegrain
margelet $100 to noitalemati
From Secretary of State
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To
Governor, Hongkong.
Dated 26th September, 1914.
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25th September. Following has been sent in reply to enquiry by Governor-General of Australia, (Begins). Goods from
enemy country imported into His Majesty's Dominions in British ships on consignment for sale are prima facie enemy cargo and unless this prima facie presumption is negatived by clear evidence of British allied or neutral ownership they should be seized and adjudicated on by Prize Court who will decide according to rules of evidence applicable in such cases, in whom property is vested, and whether owner is alien enemy in accordance with principles of domicile. If goods are condemned es enemy's goods and any British allied or neutral interest involved, question of making some grant to British allied or neutral subjects concerned can be considered afterwards with due regard to equities and general circumstances of case. Above remarks apply only to goods seized on board ship in which they have been imported. In alternative case of goods having been landed on Australian soil no question of prize arises. Goods are private enemy property found on territory of a belligerent at outbreak of war which according to rule generally accepted and adopted by His Majesty's Government in the present war is not liable to confiscation though if the goods are of such nature that they might be useful for military purposes they may be requisitioned provided compensation is paid at end of war (ends).
HARCOURT