Note 828 — Chapter IV · CONTRABAND

The Report of the Drafting Committee on article 34 states that the base concerned may be one of operations or supply. Opponents of the Declaration of London object to article 34 on account of the alleged ambiguity of the words place serving as a base for the armed forces of the enemy, and assert that all seaports of Great Britain might be treated as bases of supply for the armed forces because railways connect them with other places which actually serve as bases of supply or operations. This is surely erroneous, because the doctrine of continuous voyages is not—see article 35 in contradistinction to article 30, and below, § 403a—to be applied to conditional contraband.