Declared Jokes

There was a Young Lady of Portugal,
Whose ideas were excessively nautical:
She climbed up a tree,
To examine the sea,
But declared she would never leave Portugal.
Yetis have declared their own independent state in the Himalayas.
It's an abomi-nation.
Did you hear that cats have carried out a Coup in Barcelona and declared independence from Spain?
They're calling themselves the Republic of Catalo-nya.
Did you hear about the Frenchman who jumped into the river in Paris?
He was declared to be in Seine.