Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2017
1 A translation of the Declaration and of the Annexed Bules will be found in the Supplement to this issue of the Journal, p. 141.
2 The French text of this Declaration and of its Annexed Rules will be found in Martens, Nouveau Recueil Général de Traités, 3rd Series, Vol. VII, pp. 81–90. An English rendition of the Declaration appears in the Naval War College, International Law Documents, 1917, pp. 183–184, while translations of the Rules adopted by Denmark and Norway will be found in ibid., 1916, pp. 49–52, and ibid., 1917, pp. 184–186. The Br. and For. St. Papers, Vol. 106, p. 916, contain only the French text of the Declaration.
3 Attention may be called to the notice of the Agreement made by Finland and Sweden to repeal the 1921 Convention regarding the Demilitarization of the Aaland Islands. New York Times, Sept. 9, 1938.
4 See the informative article entitled “British Shipping Prepared for War,” in the New York Times, Sept. 8, 1938.