PEACE CONFERENCE.
MERCHANTMEN AND WARSHIPS,
PROPOSAL BY BRITAIN,
Press Association—By Telegnph—Copyright,
THE HAGUE, July 1,
At The Hague Convention, while the right of belligerent States to transform merchantmen into warships is ' acknowledged, ssveral of the Powers are trying to define the conditions of transformation and procedure. Great Britain submitted a definition of warships aucl auxiliary vessels, the latter to include merchaiitineu employed in the transport of sailors, troops, ammunition, supplies, and despatches.
July 2. (Received- July 3, at 1.2 a.m.)
At tho Peace Convention Piritain proposed that an anxiliary cruiser or similar vessel must not sail from • 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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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13945, 3 July 1907, Page 5
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