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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 15, 1939.
No. 1176.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
The full text of the Order of His Majesty in Council of the 27th November, 1939, referred to in Notification No. 1105 in the Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 77 of the 30th November, 1939, is published hereunder for general information.
15th December, 1939.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
1939 No. 1709
REPRISALS RESTRICTING GERMAN COMMERCE
ORDER IN COUNCIL FRAMING REPRISALS FOR RESTRICTING
FURTHER THE COMMERCE OF GERMANY.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1939.
PRESENT
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS His Majesty has been compelled to take up arms against Germany in defence of the fundamental right of nations to a free and peaceful existence :
AND WHEREAS German forces have in numerous cases sunk merchant vessels, British, Allied and neutral, in violation. of the rules contained in the Submarine Protocol, 1936, to which Germany is a party:
AND WHEREAS merchant vessels, British, Allied and neutral, have been sunk by mines laid by German forces indiscriminately and without notification, in contravention of the obligations of humanity and the provisions of the Hague Convention No. VIII of 1907 to which Germany is a party:
AND WHEREAS the sinking of these vessels has been effected without regard to their nationality or destination or to the nature, ownership or destination of their cargoes:
AND WHEREAS these acts have already resulted in grave loss of non-combatant life, British, Allied and neutral:
AND WHEREAS it is manifest that the German Govern- ment have deliberately embarked on a policy of endeavouring to destroy all seaborne trade between the Allied and other countries by a ruthless use of the forces at their disposal, contrary to the laws and customs of war, the rights of neutrals and the obligations of humanity:
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