COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY.
NEW DECREE GAZETTED
OUTLINE OF ITS PROVISIONS. (Received March 16, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 15. A complete blockade of Germany has been gazetted. The Gazette notifies that no merchantmen sailing after March Ist will be allowed to proceed to any German port. Such vessels, unless receiving a pass enabling them to proceed to a neutral port, must discharge in a British port and will be-placed in the custody of a Prize Court. All goods not contraband, if not requisitioned by the Government, will be restored to the rightful owners.. Vessels leaving German ports will he similarly treated, and their cargo will be sold or detained and dealt with after the war. The Crown reserves the right to release neutrals' property.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 16 March 1915, Page 5
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124COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 16 March 1915, Page 5
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