THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 26 April 1898, Page 2

THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT.

MADRID, April 25. The Spanish Government has decided to concur with tho Declaration of Paris regarding tho neutrality regulations. Spain's ofli-ial statement insists on privateering rights. Spain will utilise auxiliary cruisers from the mercantile service to capture the enemy' 3 ships and merchandise, exempting from . seizure merchandise belonging to neutral nations, however. Contraband of war, to whomsoever it may belong, will be seized. The flag of a neutral nation will cover and protect even merchandise of the enemy unless contraband of war. LONDON, Apiil 25. Britain has issued a proclamation declaring her neutrality. WELLINGTON; April 25. A Gazette Extraordinary published to-night contains a proclamation of neutrality under tho usual heads warning British subjects against illegal enlistment, shipbuilding, and expeditions. [Mr Thomas Henderson, the Auckland manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, says that to avoid passing through a portion of tho Atlantic where privateers aro likely to intercept vessels, cargoes could be taken by vessels from tho colonies to San Franoisco, ani conveyed overland to New York and Boston. Though the overland freight at present is £6 13s 4d a ton, cargoes oould be conveyed to the port named at about the same cost as would be the case for cargoes shipped by vessels for the long sea route, and tbe time of the voyage largely reduced. Another alternative would be to ship to Canada— St. John, Hilifax, and Montreal ]