CO129-432 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [3-5] — Page 14

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the corresponding Colonial Ordinances will of course be limited correspondingly.

It seems unlikely therefore that it will be possible to induce the Prize Courts in our Colonies to treat persons on the statutory list as enemies in prize law, and I don't think it was intended that this should be attempted.

If we are going to treat the case under the E and Customs law only and not from the point of view of

rize, the only alternatives open to us with refer- (to food in tranch Four from Kanoong any

ence the Statutory list, are apparently those already mentioned in connection with the A.List.

Loreover any decision to interfere with transit goods to or from list firms will presumably cover the co.responding case for Statutory list firms, since all persons on the latter list will presumably be

on the former.

If therefore we adopt (i) for Alist firms, we should not need to bother about the Statutory list in

this connection.

Before answering Atk. on The general question you may

think it worth while to

write

No 20. Suggesting

That we should act as at (i) above in

respect

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Alist form or, in the alterative, Statutory lish timis

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the approved lines to all f important marit

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