HAGUE CONVENTION.

Bush Advocate, Volume XIX, Issue 778, 27 July 1907, Page 2

HAGUE CONVENTION .

LONDON, July 25. Britain and Oermany support the United States proposal for the colioetion of contractual debts, which is regarded as less extreme than General Drago's doctrine. Lord Peay explained before the Fourth Commission the motives inducing Britain to advocate the abolition of contraband, laying stress on the fact that ooniilica tions resulting from captmc v, ere boeoniiiii_; so dangerous that they were not compensated by an\ real utility. There is little prosp-'cr <•■!' Britain's proposal being adopivl owing to German and Japanese < p-po:--iliou. /