at the end of successive periods of six years, of which the first will begin at the end of the period of twelve years. Such denunciation must be notified in writing, at least one year in advance, to the British Government, which shall inform all the other powers. It will only operate in respect of the power which shall have made the notification. ART. 70. The powers represented at the London Naval Conference attach particular value to the general recognition of the rules which they have adopted, and express the hope that the powers which were not represented there will adhere to the present declaration. They request the British Government to invite them to do so. A power which desires to adhere notifies its intention in writing to the British Government, in transmitting the act of adhesion, which will be deposited in the archives of the said Government. The said Government shall forthwith transmit to all the other powers a duly certified copy of the notification, as also of the act of adhesion, stating the date on which such notification was received. The adhesion takes effect sixty days after such date. The position of the adhering powers shall be in all matters concerning this declaration similar to the position of the signatory powers. ART. 71. The present declaration, which shall bear the date of the 26th February, 1909, may be signed in London until the 30th June, 1909, by the plenipotentiaries of the powers represented at the Naval Conference. In faith whereof the plenipotentiaries have signed the present declaration and have thereto affixed their seals. Done at London, the 26th day of February, 1909, in a single original, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the British Government, and of which duly certified copies shall be sent through the diplomatic channel to the powers represented at the Naval Conference. INDEX. Acts forbidden... augmenting force of ships. entering service.. fitting or arming vessels. use of waters.. Air craft, Panama Canal Zone.. Ammunition, German embargo on. Arming or fitting vessels. Arms, German embargo on. manufacture of.. sale of.... Asia Minor, notice of blockade.. Austria-Hungary, attitude toward Declaration of London. days of grace. days of grace, Great Britain.. days of grace, France.. days of grace, Italy.. Auxiliary vessels... Belligerent states, embargoes upon goods. 119 Contraband of war.. Convention, Hague, VI, 1907, status of enemy merchant ships.. Hague, XI, 1907, bombardment... Convoy. Fitting or arming vessels. 10 8 Forbidden acts. (See Acts forbidden.) France-Austria, days of grace. France-Germany, days of grace.. France, attitude toward Declaration of London. decree on enemy character.. list of contraband of war.. 18, 27 18, 26-27 98 113 103 Page Great Britain-Germany, days of grace. Fuel. German East Africa, notice of blockade.. Germany, attitude toward Declaration of London.. export embargoes... Germany-France, days of grace. Germany-Great Britain, days of grace. Germany, transit embargoes.. Great Britain, attitude toward Declaration of London. Great Britain-Austria-Hungary, days of grace.. Great Britain-Bulgaria, days of grace.. Great Britain-Turkey, days of grace. list of contraband.. Greece, prohibition of exports.. Hague Convention, VI, 1907, days of grace. X1, 1907, bombardment.. Hospital ship.. Indemnities, distribution of. for unlawful acts.. Interference with shipping before war.. Italian prize regulations. Italy-Austria-Hungary, days of grace.. Italy, days of grace.. Law of nations on neutrality. London, Declaration of.. Manufacture of arms.. 93-117 10 Neutral goods, sequestration of. Neutrality, law of nations on.. Merchant ships, enemy. Naval War College proposal, 1906, days of grace.. Negotiations concerning Declaration of London, 1914. Netherlands, prohibition of exports.. Neutral exports... Neutrality agreement. United States and Panama. 17 18 93 36 33 28, 29 14 10 Neutrality penalties... 11 Neutrality proclamations, United States, 1914-15. 7 Neutral prizes. destruction of.. 111 Norway, prohibition of exports.. 39 Number of vessels in Panama Canal. Orders in council, August 4, 1914. Outbreak of war, enemy vessels at. aircraft... departure from.. 13 Order in council on enemy character.. 112 17 16 11 14 13 |