§ MR. W. E. FORSTERsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether the Danish Government has given notice of any intention to blockade any of the German Ports, and also what notice is required in case such 1070 blockade be instituted? He should also be glad to know, Whether, in case of such blockade, a ship arriving after the notice of blockade, but having sailed before it had been given, would be allowed to enter the blockaded port?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, in reply, that the Government had not received notice of any blockade of the German Ports by the Danish cruisers, although he understood that the coasts of Schleswig and Holstein were to he blockaded. He believed that there was no fixed period for giving notice of a blockade. The notice was usually given by one Government to another, and such communications were inserted in the London Gazette. As to the interval between notice and seizure, a reasonable period was generally allowed in such cases.