Thanks for that.
I have found its proper name:
Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act 1918
I have put the little I have been able to glean up on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination_of_the_Present_War_(Definition)_Act_1918
It was used as regards persuading soldiers to fight against the Afghans in
1919.
all the best
Fabian
> There might be something in Halsbury about this. Wiki:
>
> Halsbury's Laws of England is a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative
> encyclopaedia of law, and provides the only complete narrative statement
> of law in England and Wales. It has an alphabetised title scheme covering
> all areas of law, drawing on authorities including Acts of the United
> Kingdom, Measures of the Welsh Assembly, UK case law and European law. It
> is written by or in consultation with experts in the relevant field.
>
> Halsbury's Laws has an annual and monthly updating service. The
> encyclopaedia and updates are available in both hard copy and online.
>
> Not sure where the nearest copy would be, some main borough libraries have
> it. The Ideal Store in Whitechapel would be a possible place to start.
>
> Kathy
>
> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:29:40 +0100
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 1918 Definition of War Act
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> What ever was legally/morally meant, it is a commonplace that war
> memorials in Britain for what we know as the First World War usually give
> the dates 1914-1919, a matter I once explained to a German friend as the
> latter date was the peace treaty (as opposed to a cease fire).
> Jeff Green
>
>
>
>
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> Message Received: Oct 27 2013, 08:06 PM
> From: "Fabian Tompsett"
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Subject: 1918 Definition of War Act
>
> I was reading Julian Putkowski account of "Mutiny in India in 1919"
>
>
> At the opening of what is called the Third Afghan War (we are now in
> number IV) I came across this:
>
> "At the beginning of May, a legal justification was aired in order to
> secure their continued retention. The War Office colluded with the Army
> of
> India in drawing attention to the 1918 Definition of War Act, which
> stated
> 'termination of hostilities' and 'duration of war' were coterminous. It
> then stated that the end of fighting in November 1918 amounted merely to
> the suspension of hostilities, and therefore the Territorials, who had
> undertaken service for the duration of the war, were obliged to remain in
> India."
>
> Does anyone know what the "1918 Definition of War Act" was. Google is
> very
> reticent on this.
>
> Btw,
>
> Maulana Barkatullah, who used to work at the Liverpool Muslim Institute.
> It was here he met Nasrullah Khàn when he visited the institute in
> 1895 (He was on a state visit with his afther the Emir) . Later, by the
> time of the beginning of the First World War, Nasrullah was keen to see
> Afghan through it's lot in with the Central Powers.
>
> The two men met up again when Barkatullah was Prime Minister of the
> Government of India, a pro-German government in exile which argued for
> Afghan intervention in the war. Nasrullah Khàn was in the pro-war
> faction of the Afghan court.
>
> all the best
>
> Fabian
>
>
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