THE NAVAL CONFERENCE.
CONTRABAND OF WAR. By Telegraph.— Association.— "" London,' March 22. In further reference to ' the Blue Books containing the deliberations tk of the recent > Naval • Conference; the , Times ' says if Britain '■ agrees to ' the ■■ establishment of an interna- • tional prize, it must be oh ; conditions which do not pledge us beforehand to recognise, at. the bidding, of an international tribunal, ah iniquitous pretension. ~• ' '■ -'. .':;'.'.". ' t On the other hand, there had been 'f■; reasonable give.. and take on other points. The destruction of neutral prizes was restricted to imperious military necessity, which, must be : proved to? the j satisfaction ... of ;, the v Court. " ""•' " '"i .'«""•• rf»The Times writes that the greatest success of the: Conference:^. the agreement on three lists, the fiiist•■■;■: of which defines absolute contra-; band of war, the second, conditional contraband, and the third, < : goods =; not contrband. The last-named'list includes- practically all the raw materials used in British industries, ' such as ' cotton. . : >s
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14017, 24 March 1909, Page 7
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156THE NAVAL CONFERENCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14017, 24 March 1909, Page 7
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