The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-22
STOPPED BY BULLETS
EFFORTS OF THE HAGUE CONFER
ENCE TO ADOPT A COMMIT
TEES REPORT
Dunn Dunn MISSILES STAY

Neither Great Britain Nor America
Would Agree to Their Being
AboIished-Mr. White Told Dele
gates There Had Been Invented
Bullet That Would Be More OBJ
tectiOnabIe Than the Dunn Dunn.
THE HAGUE, July 21.-Baron de Staal
presided at the plenary session of the
international peace conference, today, to
place the final seal upon the labors of the
first committee.
The first part of NJ. Karnbeck's report
dealing with prohibition of dropping ex-
plosives from balloons was unanimously
agreed to.
The second point, prohibition of the
use of asphyxiation projectiles, was
agreed to by all except the United States
and Great Britain, whose absentation
uullifies the agreement of the others.
The Jand poiIlt, which relates 10 *
pauding bullets, occupied the major part
of the sitting through opposition to the
prohibition of the dun dunn bullet used
by the British army Sir Julian Paunce-
fote expressed regret that the plenary
session had been so suddenly summoned,
as the British government had intended
to make statement regarding the dunn
dunn bullet. The conference agreed to
leave the minutes of the session open for
the insertion of the British statement
Andrew D. White, head of the United
States delegation, then made an i'm
portant speech in opposition to the pro-
hibition of such bullets as DUN dunn. Mr.
Whites arguments made a great i'm
preston on the delegates, especially when
he explained that the adoption of the
proposal as submitted would not prevent
the use Of another bullet, which had al
ready been invented, and which would
attain the same end as the dun dunn,
but in a more cruel manner. The new
missile, Mr.. White said, was outside the
specific definitions of the present pro-
posal.
Capt. Crosier, the military member of
the United States delegation, proposed as
a substitute the following:
1.-THE use Of bullets should be prohibited
which inf1ict unnecessarily cruel wounds,
such as explosive bullets, and in general
every kind of bullet exceeding the limits
necessary to put man Immediately hors
de combat
A long discussion ensued as to whether
a vote should be taken on the original
proposal of Capt. Crosier. The latter was
finally chosen to be voted upon.
Sir Julian Pauncefote announced that
he would accept Capt. Crosiers proposal.
but it was rejected by a vote of II to s.
M. Van Karnbecks version was then
adopted, Great Britain and the United
States alone voting against it, and the
Portuguese delegates abstaining from
voting.
The eight countries voting for Capt.
States, Great Britain, Denmark, Greece.
except the first two named supported the
Crosier proposal only in the hope Of Sc
curing unanimity in the conference, Capt.
Crosier's proposal being more general in
its terms, while it was known the i'm
possibility of obtaining the adhesion of
the United States and Great Britain to
M. Van Karnbeck's version would render
futile any convention on the subject.
The remainder of the report was then
adopted.
Before the close of the sitting the
American delegates announced that thew
withdrew the articles which they had
proposed should be adopted to the
Geneva convention, Capt. Mahan ex-
planning the reason for the additional ar
ticles and why they were withdrawn
The labors of the conference are now
concerned with the work before the ar
bitration committee.