Arrangements have also been made for the issue of money orders intended for British prisoners of war, without any charge for commission, and for postal parcels to be registered and insured without charge. The German Government have also indicated their intention of permitting correspondence to pass between British prisoners of war and their friends in this country. Letters and parcels from prisoners of war in Germany will be delivered free of charge if they bear clear indication that they come from a prisoner of war. The Austrian Government have also announced their intention of granting facilities for obtaining information about any prisoners of war in their hands. XXVI. Contraband of War (see also pp. 215 and 217). BY THE KING. A PROCLAMATION SPECIFYING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ARTICLES WHICH ARE TO BE TREATED AS CONTRABAND OF WAR. GEORGE R.I. WHEREAS on the fourth day of August last We did issue Our Royal Proclamation specifying the articles which it was our intention to treat as contraband of war during the War between us and the German Emperor, AND WHEREAS on the twelfth day of August We did by Our Royal Proclamation of that date extend our Proclamation aforementioned to the War between Us and the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, AND WHEREAS by an order in Council of the twentieth day of August, 1914, it was ordered that during the present hostilities the Convention known as the Declaration of London should, subject to certain additions and modifications therein XXIV. Prize Courts (Procedure) Act, 1914. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO PROCEDURE IN PRIZE COURTs (August 5, 1914). BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. (1) As from the date when rules under an Order in Council made after the passing of this Act in pursuance of section three of the Prize Courts Act, 1894, regulating the procedure and practice in prize courts, come into operation, such of the provisions of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, as are specified in the Schedule to this Act (being enactments relating to the practice and procedure in prize courts) shall be repealed: Provided that nothing in such repeal shall have the effect of extending section sixteen of that Act to ships of war taken as prize, and accordingly that section shall have effect as if the following words were inserted therein :-"Nothing in this section shall apply to ships of war taken as prize." (2) Any cause or proceeding commenced in any prize court before such rules as aforesaid come into operation as respects that court may, as the court directs, be either (a) recommenced and proceeded with in accordance with the said rules; or (b) continued in accordance with the said rules subject to such adaptations as the court may deem necessary to make them applicable to the case; or (c) continued to the determination thereof in accordance with the procedure applicable to the case at the commencement of the cause or proceeding. 2. This Act may be cited as the Prize Courts (Procedure) Act, 1914, and shall be construed as one with the Naval Prize Act, 1864; and that Act and the Prize Courts Act, 1894, and this Act may be cited together as the Naval Prize Acts, 1864 to 1914. SCHEDULE. PROVISIONS OF NAVAL PRIZE ACT, 1864, REPEALED. Sections 7 and 8, 18 to 29, 32, 33, and 36, and in section 41, the words either by warrant of arrest against the ship or goods, or by monition and attachment against the owner.” XXV. British Prisoners of War. WAR OFFICE STATEMENT. The War Office issued the following statement on September 18, 1914: His Majesty's Government have now received information that the German Government are prepared to communicate lists of British prisoners of war who are in their hands, in return for similar information as to German prisoners of war interned in this country. It is contemplated that such lists, which will include information as to the physical condition of the prisoners, shall be interchanged periodically. Relatives of British officers and men who may be included in such lists will receive immediate notification of the fact. As no lists have yet been received through this channel, no information is at present available. As soon as they are received notification will be made. Meanwhile inquiries cannot be answered. Arrangements are also being made for the transmission to Germany of letters, postcards, and postal parcels intended for British prisoners of war. Correspondence or postal parcels intended for British prisoners of war will be exempt from postage charges, and must be addressed as follows: Captain X. or Private Y. Name of Unit, British Prisoner of War, Prisoners of War Information Bureau, Berlin. In order to avoid delay in the delivery, no letters should be enclosed in parcels. Arrangements have also been made for the issue of money orders intended for British prisoners of war, without any charge for commission, and for postal parcels to be registered and insured without charge. The German Government have also indicated their intention of permitting correspondence to pass between British prisoners of war and their friends in this country. Letters and parcels from prisoners of war in Germany will be delivered free of charge if they bear clear indication that they come from a prisoner of war. The Austrian Government have also announced their intention of granting facilities for obtaining information about any prisoners of war in their hands. XXVI. Contraband of War (see also pp. 215 and 217). BY THE KING. A PROCLAMATION SPECIFYING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ARTICLES WHICH ARE TO BE TREATED AS CONTRABAND OF WAR. GEORGE R.I. WHEREAS on the fourth day of August last We did issue Our Royal Proclamation specifying the articles which it was our intention to treat as contraband of war during the War between us and the German Emperor, AND WHEREAS on the twelfth day of August We did by Our Royal Proclamation of that date extend our Proclamation aforementioned to the War between Us and the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, AND WHEREAS by an order in Council of the twentieth day of August, 1914, it was ordered that during the present hostilities the Convention known as the Declaration of London should, subject to certain additions and modifications therein |