THE PEACE CONFERENCE

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1847, 31 July 1907, Page 25

THE PEACE CONFERENCE

COLLECTION OF DEBTS. PROPOSED ABOLITION OF CONTRABAND. THE HAGUE, July 25. Great Britain and Germany support the United States’ proposal foT the collection of contractual debts, which is regarded as less extreme than the D rago doctrine. Lord Reay (British delegate) explained before the Fourth Commission the motives inducing Great Britain to advocate the abolition of contraband, laying stress on the fact of complications resulting from capture becoming so dangerous that they would not be compensated for by any real utility. There is little prospect of Britain’s proposal being adopted, owing to German and Japanese opposition.