STATE-OWNED SHIPS
—.—_ CONVENTION ADOPTED BY MARITIME CONFERENCE VESSELS IMMUNE FROM ARREST IN WARTIME By 'lclkgrai'ii— Press Association. Copyright. (Rec/ April 9, 8.55 p.m.) Brussels, April 8. The Maritime Conference concluded with the adoption of a convention respecting State-owned ships. All the delegates agreed that such vessels, even warships, should be subject to the same obligation and responsibilities as pri-vately-owned vessels, but the convention provides that warships and also public vessels shall be immune from arrest, and” actions against them can only be brought before the courts of the State concerned. Sir Leslie Scott carried a vital point that all vessels during war time, even merchantmen, shall be immune _ from arrest in order to avert the possibility of vessels being detained at neutral ports on the pretext of legal actions based on flimsy grounds.—Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 166, 10 April 1926, Page 10
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