CO129-413 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [8-10] — Page 374

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Paraphrase of Cypher Telegram of 19th September, 1914,

from the Secretary of State to H.E. the Governor.

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September 19th.

Shortly before the present war broke out,

an agreement was reached between the British Government and Germany as to the definitions of "Enemy" "Ease" and "Fortified place" as used in the Declaration of London Arti-

cle 54. A draft Protocol was drawn up containing the re-

sult of the agreement, and it was proposed to sign it after

ratification of the Declaration.

As appears in my telegram of August 27th, His Majesty

by Order-in-Council dated 20th August has decided that the

British Government shall be bound by the conditions of the

Article referred to in conducting Raval operations in this

war; and it is therefore desirable that in Prise cases the

contentions of the Crown shall be consistent with the con-

The draft Protocol is in

ditions of the draft Protocol.

French and will follow by mail.

as follows:-

A.

The substance of it is

"Enemy" in the phrase "Supplies of articles of

this kind of the enemy" is defined as "Enemy Go-

vernment" welfare.

"Fortified place" is defined as "A locality

equipped with military works which effectively

protect it against enemy attack."

▲ commercial port does not come within the defi- nition of "fortified place" simply because it has

batteries or forts meant to defend it against

"approches maritimes”.

C.