File No. 763.72112/68
The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State
Berlin, August 10, 1914, 1 a.m.
[Received August 11, 4:45 a.m.]
[Telegram]
Foreign Office communicates list of articles and materials which the German Government, pursuant to Nos. 21 and 23 of the prize ordinance of September 30, 1909, Reichs-Gesetzblatt, page 275, declares contraband of war. They correspond exactly, as regards absolute contraband, to Article 22, Nos. 1 to 11 inclusive, of the Declaration of London; and, as regards conditional contraband, to Article 24, Nos. 1 to 14. They further state that the ordinance mentioned contains the substance of the Declaration of London; that Germany will apply these laws provided that the other belligerents do not disregard them.
Foreign Office requests to be informed regarding attitude of the other powers.