8998 SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE, 5 NOVEMBER, 1914.

issue this Our Royal Proclamation declaring, 1878, the Annex to the said Convention signed and it is hereby declared, as follows: — on July the 1st, 1878, and the Agreement 1. The Proclamations and Orders in Council signed on behalf of Her Majesty and His Im- issued with reference to the state of war be- perial Majesty the on August the 14th, tween Us and the German Emperor, or with 1878, His Imperial Majesty the Sultan assigned reference to the state of war between Us and the Island of to be occupied and admin- the German Emperor and the Emperor of istered by upon the terms and condi- Austria, King of , other than the tions specified in the said Convention, Annex, Order in Council issued on the 4fch day of and Agreement. August, 1914, with reference to the departure AND WHEREAS by reason of the outbreak of from Our ports of enemy vessels, which at the war between His Majesty and His Imperial outbreak of hostilities were in any such port, or Majesty the Sultan the said Convention, An- which subsequently entered the same, shall, nex, and Agreement have become annulled and if still in force, apply to the state of war be- are no longer of any force or effect. tween. Us and the Sultan of as from AND WHEREAS it has, for the reasons herein- this 5th day of November, 1914. before appearing, seemed expedient to His 2. The Proclamation issued on the 5th day Majesty that the said Island should be annexed of August, 1914, warning all Our subjects, to and should form part of His Majesty's and all persons resident or being in Our Dominions, in order that proper provision may Dominions, from contributing to or partici- be made for the Government and protection of pating iu, or assisting in the floating of, any the said Island. loan raised on behalf of the German Govern- ment, or '-from advancing money to or entering Now, THEREFORE, His Majesty is pleased, by ill to any contract or dealings whatsoever with and with the advice of His Privy Council, to the said Government, or otherwise aiding, order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: — abetting, or assisting the said Government, (1) From and after the date hereof the shall be deemed as from this 5th day of Novem- said Island shall be annexed to and form ber, 1914, to apply to all loans raised on behalf part of His Majesty's Dominions, and the of, or contracts or dealings- entered into with, said Island is annexed accordingly. or to aiding, abetting, or assisting the Ottoman (2) Nothing in this Order shall affect the Government. validity of any Instructions issued by His 3. The words " enemy country" in any of Majesty under the Royal Sign Manual and the Proclamations or Orders in Council referred Signet to the High Commissioner and Com- to in Article 1 of this Proclamation shall in- mander-in-Chief of Cyprus, or of any Order clude the Dominions of His Imperial Majesty in Council affecting Cyprus, or of any Law the Sultan of Turkey other than , or Proclamation passed or issued under any Cyprus, and any territory in the occupation of such Instructions or Order, or of any act or Us or Our allies. thing done under any such Instructions, Order, Law or Proclamation, save in so far as Given at Our Court at any provision of any such Order in Council, Palac*., this Fifth day of November, Law or Proclamation may be repugnant to in the year of our Lord one thousand the provisions of any Act of Parliament nine hundred and fourteen, and in which may, by reason of the annexation the Fifth year of Our Reign. hereby declared, become extended to Cyprus, GOD SAVE THE KING. or to any Order or Regulation made under the authority of any such Act or having in Cyprus the force and effect of any such Act. (3) His Majesty may from time to time At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the revoke, alter, add to or amend this Order. 5th day of November, 1914. (4) This Order may be cited as the Cyprus (Annexation) Order in Council, 1914. PRESENT, And the Right Honourable Lewis Har- The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council court, one of His Majesty's Principal Secre- HEREAS, by virtue of the Convention taries of State, is to give the necessary direc- W of . Defensive Alliance between Her tions herein accordingly. Majesty QueeiT Victoria and His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, signed on June the 4th, Almeric FitzRoy.

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