The Establishment of a Prise Court.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12726, 23 March 1909, Page 5

The Establishment of a Prise Court.

"Contraband" Defined. '■ ' LONDON, March 22. The Times, in a further reference to the Naval Conference Blue Books, says that if Britain agrees to the establishment of a Naval Court, it will be on conditions which do not pledge us beforehand to recognise, at the bidding of an international tribunal, an iniquitous pretension. On the other hand, it would be reasonable to give and take on other points. The destruction of neutral prizes is restricted to imperious military necessity, which must be proved to the satisfaction of the Court. The Times further says that the greatest j success of the Conference is the agreement on three lists, the first of which defines absolute contraband of war, the second conditional contraband, and the third \ goods not contraband. The last-named list j includes practically all raw materials of British industry, such as cotton.