Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-28

trality of that government In the pres
ent war b1tween the United states and
Spain, conveys instructions to Danish
trade and shipping in relation to the
war. and warns Danish subjects not to
extend aid to either belligerent power.
Partly for the purpose of acquaint-
Ing our readers with the contents of the
paper. many Of whom being ma
tlves of Denmark will be Interested
In 1t, and partly as q sample royal
proclamation. the most important pos-
ton of the document is here repro
duced. verbatim:
Translation.
PROVISIONAL LAW
prohibiting Danish subjects to support
bellgerent powers.
WE CHRISTIAN TX. by the Grace
of God. King to Denmark. etc. ETC.,
make hereby known: As 1t Is of import
ance In the present circumstances, that
nothing be done by Danish subjects en-
dangerlng the neutrality of this Coun-
try or giving foreign powers legitimate
reason to complain of the State OF
Denmark as neutral power, We
have deemed 1t of urgent necessity, ac-
cording to section 81 of the Constitu-
ton, by provisional law to give the au-
thority wanted to prohibit and In case
of transgression to punish such actions
within the Kingdom and the Danish
West-Indies.
Therefore We order and command as
follows:
ST.
In case of the outbreak of O war in
which the Danish State Is neutral, the
subjects are prohibited:
/. In any quality whatever to take
service in the army of the belliger-
ent powers or on board their Gov
eminent ships. furthermore to pilot
their war-ships or transports out of
Danish pilot waters. or except in
case of stress to give them any help
to the navlgation;
g. to build or to alter, to sell or
otherwise to transfer, directly or
indirectly, to any OF the belligerent
powers ships which are known or
are supposed to be destined for war
purposes. as well as, in any way,
on or from Danish territory to con-
tribute to the equipment or outfit
of such ships to war operations;
8. on or from Danish territory to aid
any of the belllgerent powers in
theli operations, as for instance by
providing their ships with things
to be reckoned among contraband
OF war. or on account OF any of the
beillgerent powers to do work in
tended to Increase the armament of
their ships or otherwise to augment
their strength or mobility for war
purposes;
4. to carry contraband of war on ac-
count of any of the bellgerent
powers. or to hire out or to charter
to them ships that are known or
supposed to be intended to such
use:
o. publicly to invite TO take service in
erent powers or in any other way
to lend them military aid. and. up
on the government issuing a
| special prohibition. publicly to In
vlte to take share in public loans to
any of the belligerent powers.
| 81.
| The transgresslon of the above regu-
lations is punishable by prison or fines
unless heavier penalty is provided
for by other laws. Completely In and
attempts at these offenses will be dealt
with. In the Kingdom. according to tht
| principles of the Criminal Law, and ir
the Danish West-Indies according tt
the principles OF the criminal legisla,
ton in force there.
This law comes into force immedi
aJtely in the Kingdom
Given at Amalienborg, on the 2gtl
OF April 1898.
Under Our Royal Hand and Seal
CHRISTIAN X.
IL. 81