BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Italian Revised List of Contraband of War.- London, January 1, 1918.* Foreign Office, January 1, 1918. THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from His Majesty's Ambassador at Rome the following translation of the new list of absolute and conditional contraband issued by the Italian Government on the 30th November, 1917: List of articles and materials which shall be considered articles of absolute contraband : Steel containing tungsten or molybdenum or titanium, or uranium. Acetates; acetate of calcium. Acetones and raw or prepared materials which may be used in their preparation. Fatty acids. Acetic acid. Hydrochloric acid. Formic acid. Nitric acid. Oxalic acid. Sulphuric acid. Fuming sulphuric acid (oleum). Gun carriages and their component parts. Alcohols, including flemma oil and wood spirit; their preparations and derivatives. Aluminium, its alloys, alumina, and salts of alumina. Starch. Ammonia (salts of). Ammonia (solution and gas). Acetic anhydride. Sulphurous anhydride. Aniline and its derivatives. Animals, saddle, draught, or pack, suitable, or which may become suitable, for use in war. Antimony, together with sulphides and oxides of antimony. Submarine sound-signalling apparatus. Aircraft of all kinds, including aeroplanes, airships, balloons and their component parts, together with accessories and articles suitable for use in connection with aircraft. * "London Gazette," February 12, 1918. [1917-18. CXI.] K Apparatus which may be used for containing or projecting liquefied or compressed gas, inflammable liquids, acids or other destructive agents suitable for use in war, and their component parts. Silver. Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their component parts. Arsenic and its compounds, arsenical ore. Asphalt. Motor vehicles of all kinds and their component parts and accessories. Limbers and their component parts. Bamboo canes. Bauxite. Benzol and its mixtures and derivatives. Bitumen. Borax, boric acid and other compounds of boron. Silk cocoons. Bromine. Cadmium, cadmium alloys and cadmium minerals. Hemp. Rattans. Rubber (including raw, waste and reclaimed rubber, solutions and jellies containing rubber, balata, gutta-percha and the following varieties of rubber, viz., Borneo, Guayule, Jelutong, Palembang, Pontianac and all other substances containing caoutchouc), and goods made wholly or partly of rubber. Carbon, alogenous compounds. Carborundum in all forms. Paper representing money, title-deeds, negotiable credit bills, cheques, drafts, coupons, letters of credit and of advice. notices of credit and debit, or other documents which in themselves completed or used by the receiver may authorise, confirm or render effective the transfer of money, credit or shares. Maps and plans of any place within the territory of any belligerent, or within the area of military operations, on a scale of 5000 or any larger scale, and reproductions on any scale by photograph or otherwise, of such maps or plans. Photographical maps. Packing cases of all kinds and their component parts. Tar of all kinds. Metallic chlorides, except chlorides of sodium, metalloid chlorides. Cobalt and its alloys, salts and compounds, cobalt ores. Cotton, raw linters, cotton waste, cotton yarns, cotton piece-goods, and other cotton products capable of being used in the manufacture of explosives. Creosole, with its mixtures and derivatives. Animal hair of all kinds, and tops, noils and yarns. Chrome and all its alloys, salts, and compounds; chrome ores. Leather, hydraulic and pump. Leather, dressed or undressed, suitable for saddlery, harness, military boots or military clothing. Diamonds suitable for industrial uses. Military equipment of all kinds. Explosives specially prepared for use in war. Formic ether. Sulphuric ether. Felspar. Phenates. Phenol (carbolic acid), with its mixtures and derivatives. Pig-iron, hæmatite, and iron ores. Iron (alloys of) of all kinds, including iron silicium. Vegetable fibres and yarns made therefrom. Steel and iron wire. Barbed wire and instruments for fixing and cutting it. Military harness of all kinds. Formates. Phosphorus and its compounds. Phosgene (oxichloride of carbon). Field forges and their component parts. Ammunition waggons and their component parts. Gas, vapours and liquids, apt to evaporate, employed for use in war and the materials necessary for their preparation. [1917-18. cxr.] K 2 Glycerine. Metallic hyposulphates. Iodine and its compounds. Iridium, its alloys and compounds. Kapok. Wool, raw, combed or carded, wool waste, wool tops and noils. Photographic plates. Timber of all kinds suitable for military use. Bois de Panama (quillaia bark). Flax. Lithium (salts of), their compounds and its ores. Manganese and its ores. Camp equipment and its component parts. Abrasive materials, natural and artificial, and products manufactured with these materials. Electrical appliances suitable for use in war and their separate parts. Isolating materials, raw and prepared. Tanning substances of all kinds, including quebracho wood and extracts for use in tanning. Materials employed in the manufacture of explosives. Mercury. Molybdenum and its ores. Solvent naphtha and its mixtures and derivatives. Warships, including boats and their component parts, of such a nature that they could only be used on a vessel of war. Animal black. Nickel, its alloys, salts and compounds; nickel ores. Calcium nitrate. Mineral oils, including benzine and motor spirit. Gold. Osmium, its alloys and compounds. Bones of all kinds, whole or crushed, bone ash. Oxalates. Palladium, its alloys and compounds. Pitch. Goldbeater skin. Hides of cattle, buffaloes and horses, hides of calves, pigs, sheep, goats and deer. Armour plates. Lead in all forms and its ores. Platinum, including its alloys and compounds. Tyres for motor vehicles and for cycles, and articles and materials specially adapted for use in the manufacture and repair of tyres. Powders specially prepared for use in war. Caustic potash. Salts of potash. Resinous products. Projectiles, cartridges, cartridge cases and shells of all kinds and their component parts. Searchlights and their component parts. Prussiate of soda. Copper, wrought and part wrought, copper wire, alloys and compounds of copper. Copper pyrites and other copper ores. Ramie. Rhodium, its alloys and compounds. Soap. Selenium. Emery in all forms. Caustic soda. Sodium. Barium sulphate (baritina). Calcium sulphate. Metallic sulphates. Sulphide of carbon. Incendiary substances for producing smoke or lights for war purposes. Tin, chloride of tin and tin ore. Strontium (salts of) and their compounds; strontium ore. Instruments and apparatus designed exclusively for the. manufacture of munitions of war or for the manufacture or repair of arms or of war material, for use on land or sea. Cork and cork dust. Talc. Tantalum, its alloys, salts and compounds; tantalum ore. Titanium, its salts and compounds; titanium ore. Thorium, its alloys and compounds. Lathes and other machines and mechanical utensils which may be used in the manufacture of munitions of war. Turpentine (oil and spirit). |