Appendix II to $ 14 of the Instructions approved by the Admiralty Council, September 20, 1900 (Minutes No. 4487, Article 38076). IN accordance with Article 13 of the "Regulations in regard to Naval Prizes," notice is given in a special declaration, for general information, of the articles considered to be contraband of war. The following have been stated in declarations to be such articles :* (a.) All kinds of arms, small-arms, and guns, both put together and in parts; (b.) Articles and stores required for shooting with fire-arms, such as projectiles for guns, fuses for projectiles, bullets, caps, cartridges, cartridge cases, powder, nitre, sulphur; (c.) Objects or substances used for causing explosions, such as torpedoes and mines, dynamite, pyroxyline, and other explosive compounds; (d.) Articles belonging to artillery, engineer, and army train, such as guncarriages, mountings, cartridge and ammunition chests or packs, field smithies, field kitchens, instrument carts, pontoons, bridge trestles, train harness, &c.; (e.) Articles of army equipment and clothing, such as wallets, cartridge boxes, haversacks, bandoliers, cuirasses, intrenching tools, drums, cooking-kettles, saddles, horses' harness, finished articles of uniform, tents, &c.; (f) Sea-going vessels bound for an enemy's port, even under a neutral merchant flag, if, from the construction of their hulls, their internal arrangements, and other evidences, it is clear they are constructed for warlike purposes, and are going to the enemy's port for sale or delivery to the enemy; (g.) In general, all other articles directly intended for war on land or sea, if they are being conveyed on behalf of, or are destined for, the enemy. By the expression "destined for the enemy" is understood conveying to his fleet, to one of his ports, or even to a neutral port, if the latter is shown by clear and indisputable evidence to be simply an intermediate station on the way to the enemy, the latter being really the ultimate destination. The following acts are considered to be on the same footing as contraband of war, with the same consequences for a neutral vessel or cargo: 1. The transport of enemy's troops, military detachments, and individual soldiers; and 2. The conveyance of enemy's despatches, i.e., business correspondence between enemy's chiefs and their agents who are on a ship or on territory belonging to or occupied by the enemy. * This summary of contraband articles is taken from the list given in the Decree of the Directing Senate of the 12th May, 1877, on the occasion of the war between Russia and Turkey. Appendix III to § 28 of the Instructions approved by the Admiralty Council, September 20, 1900 (Minutes No. 4487, Article 38076). Specimen Form of Entry in regard to Examination of Vessel. On the and longitude of the Imperial Russian first-class cruiser Rurik, under the command of Captain stopped the steamer [or sailingvessel, barque, schooner, &c.] under the neutral Dutch flag. The steamer at once stopped her engines [or the sailing-vessel hove-to]. On examination it was found that the steamer was named the ; the ship's papers [naming them] were found to be in order, and there were no articles of contraband of war on board. The examination took two hours (from o'clock Lieutenant CORRESPONDENCE respecting the Anglo-German Agreement of October 16, 1900, relating to China (Communication to Governments of Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States).-October 1900. No. 1.-The Marquess of Salisbury to Count Hatzfeldt. YOUR EXCELLENCY, Foreign Office, October 16, 1900. I HAVE the honour to inform you that Her Majesty's Government approve the Agreement, annexed hereto, which has been negotiated between your Excellency and myself with regard to the principles on which the mutual policy of Great Britain and Germany in China should be based. I have, &c., Count Hatzfeldt. SALISBURY. (Inclosure.)-Agreement signed on the 16th October, 1900. HER Britannic Majesty's Government and the Imperial German Government, being deirous to maintain their interests in China and their rights under existing Treaties, have agreed to observe the following principles in regard to their mutual policy in China : 1. It is a matter of joint and permanent international interest that the ports on the rivers and littoral of China should remain free and open to trade and to every other legitimate form of economic activity for the nationals of all countries without distinction; and the two Governments agree on their part to uphold the same for all Chinese territory as far as they can exercise influence. 2. Her Britannic Majesty's Government and the Imperial German Government will not, on their part, make use of the present complication to obtain for themselves any territorial advantages in Chinese dominions, and will direct their policy towards maintaining undiminished the territorial condition of the Chinese Empire. 3. In case of another Power making use of the complications in China in order to obtain under any form whatever such territorial advantages, the two Contracting Parties reserve to themselves to come to a preliminary understanding as to the eventual steps to be taken for the protection of their own interests in China. 4. The two Governments will communicate this Agreement to the other Powers interested, and especially to Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States of America, and will invite them to accept the principles recorded in it. No. 2.-Count Hatzfeldt to the Marquess of Salisbury. --(Received October 16.) MY LORD, German Embassy, London, October 16, 1900. I HAVE the honour to inform your Excellency that my Govern ment have concurred in the following points agreed to between your Excellency and myself: "The Imperial German Government and Her Britannic Majesty's Government, being desirous to maintain their interests in China and their rights under existing Treaties, have agreed to observe the following principles in regard to their mutual policy in China: "1. It is a matter of joint and permanent international interest that the ports on the rivers and littoral of China should remain free and open to trade, and to every other legitimate form of economic activity for the nationals of all countries without distinction; and the two Governments agree on their part to uphold the same for all Chinese territory as far as they can exercise influence. "2. The Imperial German Government and Her Britannic Majesty's Government will not, on their part, make use of the present complication to obtain for themselves any territorial advantages in Chinese dominions, and will direct their policy towards maintaining undiminished the territorial condition of the Chinese Empire. "3. In case of another Power making use of the complications in China in order to obtain under any form whatever such territorial advantages, the two Contracting Parties reserve to themselves to come to a preliminary understanding as to the eventual steps to b taken for the protection of their own interests in China. "4. The two Governments will communicate this Agreement to the other Powers interested, and especially to Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States of America, and will invite them to accept the principles recorded in it." With the highest respect, &c., The Marquess of Salisbury. HAIZFELDT. No. 3.-The Marquess of Salisbury to Sir E. Monson.* (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, October 20, 1900. ON 16th instant I signed, with German Ambassador, the following Agreement: [See Inclosure in No. 1, page 897.] Concert with your German colleague to carry out Article 4. No. 4.-The Marquess of Salisbury to Mr. Whitehead. (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, October 25, 1900. I HAVE informed the Japanese Minister, in reply to an inquiry by the Japanese Government as to the effect of adherence to the Anglo-German Agreement, that if they accept the principles recorded in it respecting China, they will be in exactly the same position as if they had concluded with Her Majesty's Government a like Agreement. No. 5.-Mr. C. Hardinge to the Marquess of Salisbury.—(Substance received by telegraph, October 28.) (Extract.) St. Petersburgh, October 28, 1900. AT the invitation of M. Basily I went this afternoon to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, where he handed to me a Memorandum, of which I have the honour to inclose a copy herewith, containing the reply of the Russian Government to the communication made by me on the 22nd instant of the text of the Anglo-German Agreement and of the invitation to them to accept the principles recorded in it. The Marquess of Salisbury. C. HARDINGE *Also to Sir F. Plunkett (Vienna), Lord Currie (Rome), Mr. C. Hardinge (St. Petersburgh), Lord Pauncefote (Washington), and Mr. Whitehead (Tôkið). (Inclosure.)-Memorandum. L'ARRANGEMENT conclu entre l'Allemagne et l'Angleterre ne modifie pas sensiblement, à notre point de vue, la situation en Chine. Le point 1er de cet accord, stipulant que les ports situés sur les fleuves et sur le littoral de la Chine partout où les deux Gouvernements exercent leur influence restent libres et ouverts au commerce, peut être accueilli favorablement par la Russie, cette stipulation ne portant aucune atteinte au status quo établi en Chine par les Traités existants. Le point 2 répond d'autant plus aux intentions de la Russie que, dès le début des complications actuelles, elle a été la première à poser le maintien de l'intégrité du Céleste Empire comme principe fondamental de sa politique en Chine. Quant au point 3, relatif à l'éventualité d'une atteinte qui serait portée à ce principe fondamental, le Gouvernement Impérial, en se référant à sa Circulaire du Août, ne peut que renouveler la déclaration qu'une pareille atteinte obligerait la Russie de modifier son attitude selon les circonstances. Le point 4 n'exige aucun commentaire. No. 6.-Sir F. Plunkett to the Marquess of Salisbury.-(Received October 29.) MY LORD, Vienna, October 25, 1900. On receipt of your Lordship's telegram of the 20th instant, I at once called upon the German Ambassador in order to concert with his Excellency for communicating to the Austro-Hungarian Government the Agreement respecting China, which your Lordship had signed with the German Ambassador in London on the 16th instant. Prince Eulenburg expressed much satisfaction at your Lordship having desired me to concert with him for the communication of this Agreement, and my telegrams of the 21st and 23rd instant will have shown that, in view of the absence from Vienna of Count Goluchowski, and in view of the fact of Prince Eulenburg being confined to his house with a cold, we decided to communicate the Agreement to Count Szecsen through our respective Secretaries of Embassy. Mr. Milbanke and Baron Romberg, therefore, went to the Foreign Department next morning and made communication separately of the Agreement. Count Szecsen called at this Embassy and at the German Embassy the day before yesterday to say that he had informed the Emperor |