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réserve de la déclaration suivante: "En apposant leurs signatures à cette Convention, les plénipotentiaires britaniques déclarent que le simple fait que la dite convention ne défend tel acte ou tel procédé, ne doit pas être considéré comme privant le Gouvernement de Sa Majesté Britannique du droit de contester la légalité dudit acte ou procédé."

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APPENDIX

DOCUMENTS REFERRING TO AND EXPLANATORY OF THE HAGUE CONVENTIONS

THE DECLARATION OF PARIS, 1856

DECLARATION respecting maritime law signed by the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, assembled in Congress at Paris, April 16, 1856.

The plenipotentiaries who signed the Treaty of Paris of the 30th of March, 1856, assembled in conference, considering:

That maritime law, in time of war, has long been the subject of deplorable disputes;

That the uncertainty of the law, and of the duties in such a matter, gives rise to differences of opinion between neutrals and belligerents which may occasion serious difficulties, and even conflicts;

That it is consequently advantageous to establish a uniform doctrine on so important a point;

That the plenipotentiaries assembled in Congress at Paris can not better respond to the intentions by which their governments are animated than by seeking to introduce into international relations fixed principles in this respect;

The above-mentioned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized, resolved to concert among themselves as to the means of attaining this object; and, having come to an agreement, have adopted the following solemn declaration:

1. Privateering is, and remains abolished.

2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war.

3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.

4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the

enemy.

The Governments of the undersigned plenipotentiaries engage to bring the present declaration to the knowledge of the states which have not taken part in the Congress of Paris, and to invite them to accede to it.

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