HAGUE CONFERENCE.
IMPORTANT PROPOSALS.
PRIVATE PBOPERTY BIGHTS. POSMAL DECLARATION OF WAR. £By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) THE HAGCE, Jury L At the Peace Convention, Mr. J. H. Choate, the American representative, proposed in committee that private property (except contraband of war) should be exempt from sea capture, unless in the case of ships attempting to enter blockaded ports.
Mr. Choate dedared that President Roosevelt desired the Conference to vote on this proposal.
M. Nelidoff, Russia's representative, advised caution, since the adoption of the proposal would remove one of the strongest deterrents from war.
LONDON, July 1. The "Times" states that several Powers besides Great Britain are opposed to America's proposal. All the Great Powers, it is added, are very reserved respecting France's proposal necessitating a formal declaration of -war.
Great Britain proposes to prohibit the destruction of captured neutral vessels — that the captors must release such vessels, unless able to bring the prize before a Prize Court.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 156, 2 July 1907, Page 5
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