IV. EMBARGOES BY BELLIGERENT STATES. General. Not only have the neutral States placed restrictions upon export but the belligerent States have established embargoes upon certain goods to certain ports, or even the transit of certain goods. Such embargoes necessarily interfere seriously with the free movement of commerce. The extent to which ambargoes have been applied is illustrated in the British and German regulations. In addition to the embargoes, belligerents have issued proclamations in which were made known the names of persons or firms in certain countries to which exports might be made. BRITISH EMBARGOES. [Corrected according to the latest available information.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Whereas by section 8 of "The customs and inland revenue act, 1879," it is enacted that the exportation of arms, ammunition, and gunpowder, military and naval stores, and any articles which we shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores, provisions, or any sort of victual which may be used as food for man may be prohibited by proclamation; And whereas by section 1 of "The exportation of arms act, 1900," it is enacted that we may by proclamation prohibit the exportation of all or any of the following articles, namely, arms, ammunition, military and naval stores, and any article which we shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of arms, ammunition, or military or naval stores, to any country or place therein named whenever we shall judge such prohibition to be expedient in order to prevent such arms, ammunition, military or naval stores being used against our subjects or forces or against any forces engaged or which may be engaged in military or naval operations in cooperation with our forces; An whereas by section 1 of "The customs (exportation prohibition) act, 1914," it is enacted that section 8 of the aforesaid "Customs and inland revenue act, 1879," shall have effect whilst a state of war in which we are engaged exists as if in addition to the articles therein mentioned there were included all other articles of every description; And whereas it is further enacted by section 2 of "The customs (exportation prohibition) act, 1914," that any proclamation or order in council made under section 8, as so amended, of "The customs and inland revenue act, 1879,” may, whilst a state of war exists, be varied or added to by an order made by the Lords of the Council on the recommendation of the board of trade; And whereas by section 1 of "The customs (exportation restriction). act, 1914," it is enacted that section 1 of "The exportation of arms act, 1900," shall have effect whilst a state of war in which we are engaged exists as if, in addition to the articles therein mentioned, there were included all other articles of every description; And whereas it is further enacted by section 2 of "The customs (exportation restriction) act, 1914," that any proclamation made under section 1 of the exportation of arms act, 1900, may, whether the proclamation was made before or after the passing of the act now in recital, be varied or added to by an order made by the Lords of the Council on the recommendation of the board of trade; And whereas a proclamation dated the 3d February, 1915, and various orders dated, respectively, the 2d and the 18th March, the 15th, the 21st, and the 26th April, the 6th and the 20th May, the 2d and the 24th June, and the 8th and the 19th July, 1915, prohibiting the exportation of certain articles therein referred to from the United Kingdom to certain or all destinations, have been issued in pursuance of the aforesaid powers; And whereas it is expedient that the said proclamation and orders should be consolidated, with amendments and additions, and that such proclamation and orders should be revoked; And whereas we have deemed it expedient to prohibit the exportation of the articles hereinafter enumerated: Now, therefore, we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our royal proclamation, declaring, and it is hereby declared, that the above-mentioned proclamation and orders be and the same are hereby revoked; And we have further thought fit, by and with the advice aforesaid, and in virtue and in exercise of the powers aforesaid, further to declare, and it is hereby declared, as follows: (A) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all des tinations: Air craft of all kinds, including aeroplanes, Noninflammable "celluloid" sheet (or Air craft of all kinds, etc.-Continued. Aeroplane instruments (aneroids, baro- Steel stampings. Aeroplane engines and parts. Animals, pack, saddle, and draft, suitable for use in war. Cannon and other ordnance and machine guns and parts thereof. Capsicum and oleo-resin of capsicum. Carbons, suitable for searchlights. Carriages and mountings for cannon and Chemicals, etc.-Continued. Cartridges, charges of all kinds, and their Chemicals, drugs, dyes and dyestuffs, me dicinal and pharmaceutical preparations, and tanning extracts, namely: Aceto-celluloses. Acetone. Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). Alcohol, methylic. Ammonium nitrate, perchlorate and and sulphocyanide. Amyl acetate. Anthracene oil and green oil. Antipyrine (phenazone). Antitetanus serum. Belladonna, its alkaloids and prepara tions, including belladonna plaster. Benzol. Caffeine and its salts. Calcium acetate and all other metallic Cantharides and its preparations. Carbon disulphide. Chloral and its preparations, including chloramid. Chlorates, perchlorates, and nitrates, Coal-tar distillation products, being the Cresol, and all preparations of cresol Diethylbarbituric acid (veronal) and Dyes and dyestuffs manufactured from Emetin and its salts. Ergot of rye, not including liquid ex tract or other medicinal preparations Eucaine hydrochlor. Fusel oil (amyl alcohol). Gentian and its preparations. Glycerine, crude and refined. Henbane and its preparations. Indigo, natural. Ipecacuanha root. Manganese, peroxide of. Mercury. Neo-salvarsan. Opium and its preparations and alkaloids. Paraffin, liquid medicinal. Paraformaldehyde and trioxymethy lene. Paraldehyde. "Peptone Witte." Phenacetin. Picric acid and its components. Potassium cyanide. Potassium permanganate. Protargol, not including silver protein- Saccharin (including "saxin"). Salicylic acid, methyl salicylate, sodium salicylate, and theobrominesodium salicylate. Salol. Salvarsan. Santonin and its preparations. Sulphur and spent oxide of sulphur. Tanning, extracts for use in, the follow- Chestnut extract. Oakwood extract. Thorium, oxide and salts of. Toluol and mixtures containing toluol. Trional. Coal tar, crude. Compasses, other than ships' compasses. Cotton waste of all descriptions. Diamonds, rough, suitable for industrial purposes. Explosives of all kinds. Field glasses and telescopes. Firearms, rifled, of all kinds, and their component parts. Flax fabric, suitable for air craft. Flax, raw. Forage and food which may be used for animals, namely: Beans, including haricot beans, Burma and Rangoon beans. Brewers' and distillers' grains. Magnetos. Meat, namely, beef and mutton, fresh or refrigerated. Mercury. Periscopes. Projectiles of all kinds and their component parts. Range finders and parts thereof. Silk cloth, silk braid, silk thread, suitable for cartridges. Silk noils. Silk shantung in the piece. Spirits, methylated. Spirits of a strength of not less than 43 degrees above proof. Swords, bayonets, and other arms (not being firearms) and parts thereof. Tarpaulins and wagon covers. Wheat, wheat flour, and wheat meal. Ash. Ash three-ply wood. Spruce. Walnut wood. Zinc (including zinc ashes, zinc rods, zinc sheets, spelter and spelter dross). (B) That the exportation of the following goods be prohibited to all destinations abroad other than British possessions and protectorates: Accoutrements, namely: Web equipment. Leather belts. Other leather aritcles of personal equip- Alunite. Boots, heavy, for men. Camp equipment, articles of, including tents and their component parts, wooden huts, ovens, camp kettles, buckets, lanterns, and horse rugs. Carts, two-wheeled, capable of carrying 15 cwt. or over, and their component parts. Chemicals, drugs, medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations, namely: Acetanilide. Aconite and its preparations and alkaloids. Ammonia and its salts, whether simple or compound, other than ammonium nitrate, perchlorate and sulphocyanide. Ammonia, liquified. Antimony, sulphides and oxides of. Chemicals, etc.--Continued. Benzoic acid (synthetic) and benzoates. Bromine and alkaline bromides. Calcium carbide. Carbon tetrachloride. Caustic soda-sodium. Chloride of tin. Graphite, including foundry (molding) plumbago and plumbago for lubricating. Guanos. Hemp, the following manufactures of: Cordage and twine, not including cord- Chlorine (including liquefied chlorine). Horseshoes. Copper iodide. Copper, suboxide of. Copper sulphate. Cresol (saponified). Formic aldehyde. Hexamethylene tetramin (urotropin) and its preparations. Hydrobromic acid. Hydrochloric acid. Magnesium chloride and sulphate. Mercury compounds and preparations (other than nitrate of mercury). Oxalic acid. Oxides and salts (other than chlorates, perchlorates and nitrates) of the following metals: Aluminium. Cobalt. Nickel. Tungsten. Phosphorus and its compounds. Sodium. (See Caustic soda.) Zinc chloride and sulphate. Coal (including anthracite and steam, gas, household, and all other kinds of coal) and coke. Coal sacks. Deer skins, dressed and undressed. Draw plates, jeweled, for drawing steel wire, and diamonds prepared for use therein. Electros for printing purposes, composed of lead, antimony, and copper. Ferro alloys, including: Ferrochrome. Ferromanganese. Ferromolybdenum. Ferronickel. Ferrotitanium. Hosiery needles. Jute, raw and carded. Maps and plans of any place within the territory of any belligerant, or within the area of military operations, on a scale of 4 miles to 1 inch or on any larges scale, and reproductions on any scale by photography or otherwise of such maps or plans. Metals and ores, namely: Aluminium, manufactures of alumi- Copper unwrought and part wrought, Lead, pig, sheet or pipe (including solder containing lead). Lead ore. Manganese and manganese ore. Selenium. Steel containing tungsten or molybdenum or both, and any tools or other articles made from such steel. Tin and tin ore. Tungsten. Vanadium. Wolframite. |