AT THE HAGUE.
MERCHANTMEN AS WARSHIPS. BRITISH SUGGESTIONS. By Telegraph.— Association— The Hague, July 1. While the right of belligerent States to transform merchantmen into warships is acknowledged by several Powers, they are trying to define conditions as to transformation and procedure. Great Britain submitted a definition of vasscaux tie combat and vasseaux auxiliaires, the latter to include merchantmen employed in the transport of sailors, troops, ammunition, supplies, and despatches. (Received July 3. 1.2 a.m.) The Hague, July 2. Great Britain, at the Peace Convention, proposed that an auxiliary cruiser, or similar vessel, must not sail from a belligerent's port under a merchant flag and convert at sea into a warship. It must leave the national port as an acknowledged warship, flying the naval flag. This restriction is aimed at Russia's volunteer fleet.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13480, 3 July 1907, Page 7
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133AT THE HAGUE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13480, 3 July 1907, Page 7
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