The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-26
AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
Placing the FirnI Seal Upor the La
Dor. of the First Committcc-En-
gland and America Together.

The Hague. July 22.-Baron dc Staal
presided at the international peace
conference yesterday. to'place the final
seal upon the labors of the first com.
mittee. The first point of NJ. Karne.
beck's report. dealing with prohibi.
ton of dropping explosives from bal
looms was unanimously agreed to.
The second point, prohibition of the
use Of asphyNiating projectiles. was
agreed to by all except the United
States and Great Britain. whose alb.
stention nullifies the agreement of the
others.
Taken by Surprise.
The third point, which relates to ex-
panding bullets. occupied the major
part of the sitting, owing to the ques.
tion of the dum-dum bullet used by
the British army. Sir Julian Paunce.
fote expressed regret that the plenary
session had been so suddenly sum
moncd. as the British government had
intended to make statement re.
Carding the dum-dum bullet. The
conference agreed to leave the min.
utes of the session open for the inser.
ton of the British statement.
Supported by Mr.. white.
Mr.. Andrew ID. White. the head of
the United States delegation. then
made an important speech in opposi-
ton TO prohibition of such bullets as
the dum-dum. Mr.. Whites arguments
made a great impression upon the del
cgates, especially when he explained
that the adoption of the proposal, as
submitted. would not prevent the use
of another bullet, which had already
been invented, and which would attain
the same end as the dum-dum, but
in more cruel manner. The new
missile, Mr.. White said, was outside the
the specific definitions of the present
proposal.
Capt. CrOzicr's Substitute.
Capt. Crozicr. the military member
of the United States delegation, pro.
posed as substitute. the following:
The use of bullets should be pro-
hibiteG which infict unnecessarily
cruel wounds, such as explosive bul.
lets. and in several every kind of bull.
let exceeding the limits necessary 10
put a man hors de combat"
\ long discussion cnsued as to
whether vote should be taken upon
the original proposal of Capt. Crozier.
The latter was finally chosen to be
voted upon. Sir Julian Pauncefotc an
nounced that he would accept Capt.
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by vote of II to s.
Van IIarncbecII.s Version.
NJ Van karnebecks version was
then adopted, Great Britain and the
United States alone votin" against it,
and the Portuguese delegates abstain
ing from voting.
The eight countries voting for Capt.
CroziCr's proposal were the United
States, Great Britain. Denmark. Greece,
Servia, Portugal, China and another.
All except the first two named sup
ported the CrOzier proposal only in the
hope of securing unanimity in the con
ference. Capt. Crozicr's proposal being
more general in its terms. while il
WAS known that the impossibilitY of
obtaining the adhesion of the | nlted
States and Great Britain for NJ. Van
karncbeck's version would render flu
tile and convention on the subject.
The remainder of the report was
then adopted.
Withdrew the Article.
Before the close of the sitting the
American delegates announced that
they Withdrew the articles which they
had proposed should be added to the
Geneva convention. Capt. Mahan eN-
planning the reason for the additional
articles. and why they were with
drawn.
The lahors of the conference are
now concluded, with the exception Of
the work before the arbitration com
mittee.
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