NAVAL CONFERENCE
DEFINITIONS OF CONTRABAND. (DT TBI.SGIUI-H—I'ltKSS ASSOCIATION—CoriKKIItT.I (Rec. April 10, 0.30 a.m.) London, April 9. Several important discussions have taken placo in tho House of Commons regarding tho Naval Conference definitions of conditional contraband. The ambiguity in the French text suggests that foodstuffs intended for a civil population in tho enemy's country are liable to seizure, inasmuch as it specifies foodstuffs addressed to traders thero who aro known as supplying tho enemy. Sir E. Grey has intimated that before the definitions aro ratified it would bo made clear that "enemy" means tho "Government of the enemy."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 478, 10 April 1909, Page 5
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97NAVAL CONFERENCE Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 478, 10 April 1909, Page 5
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