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In BEHALF OF HUMANITY
INT'ERN1TIONAL PEACE CONFER.
ENCE CLOSING ITS LABORs.

the Dum-Dum Bullet and Similar
Engines of Warfare Although tho
Proposition Was Favored Roth h, ~, i.
united states and Great Britain.
! Inc Hague, July 21.-Baron DE- Staal
presided at the plenary session of the
| international peace conference TODAY
10 place the final seal upon the labors
| Oh the frst committee. The first point
| Oh M. Van Karnebeck's report dealing
with prohibition of dropping explosives
1rom balloons was unanimously adopt-
| ed.
The second point, prohibition of Tho
use OF asphyxiating projectiles, was
agreed to by all except the United
States and Great Britain, whose absten-
ton nullifies the agreemnt of the 9th
erE.
The third point, which relates 70 ex-
panding bullets, occupied the major
part OF the sitting, owing to the oues-
tlon OF the dumdum bullets used bv
lhe British army. Sir Julian Paunce-
tote expressed regret that the plenaru
session mad been so suddenly summon
ed, as the British government had in.
tended to make a statement regardinp,
the dum-dum bullet. The conference
agreed to leave the minutes of the ses-
sion open for the insertion of the British
assertions.
Andrew White, the head Of the United
states delegation, then made an impor-
tant speech in opposition of prohibition
OF such bullets as the dum-dum. Mr..
Whltes arguments made a great inn
preston on the delegates especially
when he explained that the adoption a.
the proposal as submitted would NOT
prevent the use Of another bullet.
which had already been invented. and
Which would attain the same end az
the dum-dum, but in much more cruel
manner. The new missile, Mr.. White
said, was outside the specific definitions
of the present proposal.
Captain Crozier, the military member
of the United States delegation. pro-
The use of bullets should be pro-
hiDlted which inflict unnecessarily cruel
wounds, such as explosive bullets, and
in general every kind of bullet except
those that will put man hors du com
bat Immediately" A long discussion
ensued as to whether a vote should be
taken upon the original proposal or
Captain Crozier's. The latter was fin
ally chosen to be voted upon. sir
Julian Pauncefote announced that he
would accept Captain Crozier's pro-
posal, but it was rejected by vote Of
II to s. M. Van Karnebeck's version
was then adopted Great Britain and
the United States alone voting against
it and the Portuguese delegates abstain
ing from voting.
The eight countries voting for Cap
tainu Crozier's proposal We're the Unit
ed States, Great Britain, Denmark.
Greece, Servia, Portugal, China and an
other. All except the two first named
supported the Crozier proposal only in
the hope of securing unanimity in the
conference, Captain Crozer's proposal
being more general in it's terms, while
it was known that the impossibility of
the adhesion of the United
States and Great Britain for M. Van
version would render fu-
tile any convention on the subject.
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, Captain Mahan ex-
planning the reason for the additional
articles and why they were withdrawn.
The labors Of the conference are now
concluded, with the exception of the
work before the arbitration committee.