THE HAGUE CONVENTION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5540, 23 July 1907, Page 4

THE HAGUE CONVENTION.

THE HAGUE, July 18. Britain will ask the Convention to adopt the resolution, submitted -to the last Conference respecting the limitation of armaments, and the question has now ’become more urgent.

Enron Von Murschall Von Biebcrskin states that Germany does not shier the matter pressing. ‘ M. Bourgeois, French representative, psrsoimlly favours the British position, but says that Franco considers the question mere academic.

At the Fence Conference during the discussion on the United States proposal with reference to the inviolability of private pnoperty at sea (which was rejected), Britain and 'Germany insisted mi the necessity of first settling the .question of contraband and blockade before dealing with the abolition of prizes.

Professor Do Maartens (Russia) urged that this abolition of privateering would enable merchants to benefit from a statu of war.