DECLARATION OF LONDON.
STRONG PROTEST FROM COM MERCERS. (Received 29, 9.15 a.m.) London, June 27. Fifty-three Chambers of Commerce have signed and forwarded to Mr. Asquith and Sir Edward Grey a protest against the ratification of the Declaration of London. Mr. Balfour, addressing a nonparty City meeting of members of the Stock Exchange, merchants, and shippers, emphasised that the Declaration was a step backwards, and was ambiguous regarding the vital question 'of food contraband. It was studiedly ambiguous regarding the conversion of merchantmen into cruisers.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 164, 28 June 1911, Page 1
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