The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
FINISH is IN SIGHT
TEXT OF THE GENERAL ACT EN-
BODYING RESULTS OF THE
PEACE CONFERENCE
PLENARY DELEGATES SIGN

American Delegates Insist Vnon
Some Other Word Than .eDutv.,
So as to Not Imply Any obIiea-
ton on the Part of America to
Interfere in European Affairs and
Vice Versa-WOrk Completed.
THE HAGUE, July N.-The general ac+
embodying the results of the information
al peace conference, after enumerating
me names and qualifications of all the
delegates, reads:
obd IN series of meetings in which the
f fbr,,eor, oelegates participated, inspired
hia.bast py the desire to realize in the
I IIie 1reSC possible measure the generous
views OF It's august initiator. the confer
t tio mas drawn up for the approval of
the respective governments tba eeriag Of
conventions and declaratfons a1,r1ep6 ~ u
oogC;onventiop for the pacific settiemant
OF international disputes III IL
cr1sfn,,s af concerning the laws and
i q ~. Gi on for the adoption of laws
% %'S%dLst tne use OF asphyxiating or dele
and io for gases gas rom balloon projecties,
Gnu Gnu LOT the prohibition of the use of b11I,
body" III the human
Inc general act contains five express
slons of opinion, as follows:
+io, nc co4Ierence considers that Iimita-
Iohs of the military charges Whicb a.
present Cypress the world are greatly to
ne Geslfed and will tend to the increase
u me material and ultimate welfare OF
The conference expresses tho o1,in;o,,
tildt the question of the rights and dr.
tles OF neutrals should be inscribed On
at an early date -'-0'
+I,, INC conference expresses the opinion
c LII i'll uestlonS relative to the type ard
c% ,tlDT OF II, rlHes and naval artillery as
c 35 py 1t should be the subject of
study by the different governments. with
d view 10 arriving at a uniform sOIutio0
py future conference
The conference expresses +bo ,,iL
lHat an early convention be called to re-
wise $sSr, the Geneva convention.
tic, me conference has resolved that ques-
IIons relating to the inviolabuity of pTi-
Vate property in war on land ana tba
commencement of towns or villages in ma
ences." "i0 CONFER
The convention was signed by all the
plenary delegates
The delegates met this afternoon and
re-examined the text Of the final act in
order to decide how reserva lions are to
De mace. 1t was decided that not ONLY
nc tnree conventions, but the three
UecIarauons must be separately signed.
me formula accompanying which will bs
decided upon tomorrow
Inc american delegates met TODAY and
asked that the word duty in article 81
oe Iully defined, so that the word NAV
III no case imply any obligation on tba
part OF the United States to interfere
IN European affairs, and vice versa Tbe
discussion among the French delegates,
VINO framed the articles, and the Ameri-
cans lasted several hours Efforts ara
now being made to find a suitable word
TO substitute for duty" which will meet
the wishes of the American delegates
without weakening the purport of the
article.
WASHINGTON, July 24-The United
states VIII not be bound by the reported
decision OF The Hague conference to pro.
hlblt the use of the dum-dum bulIat In
warfare. So far we nave NOT been
Obliged to resort to the use of this buIIet
put the ordnance officers have been maxi
ing experiments to secure an increased
stopping effect for the small caIibra
pail used in the Krag -Jorgensen. and these
experiments have proceeded somewhat on
the lines of the dum-dum bullet The
speclhc reason why Capt. Crosier and
the remainder Of the American delegates
voted against the proposal to prohibit
the dum-dum was because their general
instructions forbade them to pledge this
government to any line Of action that
would retard the development Of Inven-
tive genius in warfare. Adhesion to the
protocols is voluntary. Great Britain. II
IS understood, also refused to prohibit
the use OF the dum-dum bullet