The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-15
MAKING WAR MILDER
United STATES JOINS EIRopr
NATIONS In MINIMIZING HOR-
RORS OF STRIFE
"DUM-DUMS7 ARE PROHIBITED
Question as to Whether Under tho
New Rules the Method OF Captur-
ing AguinaIdO Would Not
Have Been ReprehensibIa.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE earat.
spent an hour in executive session 80
on the convention growing out of mr.
hague peace conference relating In the
conduct of war on land and sea "a
lnaliy ratified the agreement vyitbor,f .
division without
The discussion turned entirely an tba
co III OF the war in the Philippines
ana related especially to Gen. Funston,S
capture Of Aguinaldo Senator Teller I'LL
qQlred whether, If this treaty had been
II Iorce at the time, the method soF
ASu1naldo capture could have been ms
tlled. lie quoted the provision III +bs
eledty relating to the conduct Of spies
iIu SSld mat he did not mean himself To
aat thar Gen. FUnSton's course would
ilot nave been regular, but merely to 60
cure the opinion of senator's who 5a5 81
en- attention to the treaty and vybo a.,
were familiar with the details of Aer,,i,.I
| dos capture
senator Burton replied to the ipn1jr,-
HPCeAIIiS especially for Gen Funston
ana saId that he was sure the PROCEEDING
On tHe generals part had been not onIv
humane but that it had been in 7rao,.J
ance with the rules of civilized vr,rf,r,
1l was true, he said, that Ger. Fune+or,
ana ms force had acted somewhat II, +b,,
capacity Of spies, but what thew had
zone mad been In the line Of bonorahIa
warfare lI0ilOi o'Olo
senator Hoar also spoke al some length
regarding this provision in the treaty
he referred to AguinaIdo's cantura a1j
said that he believed the adontioI oe ' ~
treaty would have a tendency towards
fare 'uSIH war
nope Tor Unanimous Consent
some of the members of tba co,,,,.,.
Tee on foreign
the ratification Of the treaty. vvo,IIT 80
tiilS country in accord with the highaer
.Hough Of tibet times. and expressed +,,..
nope that the treaty would receive Viii,
unanimous support of the senate tn
WHO raised questions apropos Of tba djs
cusslon d1sclaimed any intention NJ NJ
- I"'oIaDle action. The countries
pa "a y 70 the treaty are Germany. Ans
ira, Belgium, Denmark. SDaj1 ~.
United States. Mexico. Franco me si.e
britain, Greece, Italy, japan. rnvor,'
DuIs' Montenegro, Netherlands D.,
LortuSai Roumania Russia So
sweden and Norway. Turkey and P,,I,- O.
ID the provisions Of the fret, .,
liiulns only on the contracting nowers
80 cd9e OF war between two or moro os
them, and cease to be bfndirg - -
non-concurring power toins liz WIZ q
peHlgerents. The most funorta,t ,,a., -
- the treaty, the contents Of which hsye
peeh generally known. is that probibttjr,-
me use Of "dum-dum" BULLETS
al ailofs other things specially prohibited
10 employ poisoned arms
nails %aio, ol wound treacherOusly individ.
army. 1O9IIe nation OF
:. 10 Kill or wound an enemy who baviro
raIu uOWn arms, or having mo- Ions
discretion mas surrendered al
10 no declare that no quarter will he ei,,.,,
- employ arms, prOjectfIes or ma ta,.i..i
70 Nc ute 70 cause superfluoUs injury.
49, make improper use of a FLAG Of
u uce' Ihe national flag or ufIf+ar,,7 AL
9lSHS ana the enemy's uniform ae ygeIt
~ Ine distinctive badges of the Geneva
Io destroy or seize the enar7v,g rr,,,
erty, unless such destruction oT efil1JL
re lmperatively demanded by the nrc1ssi3
ties Of war. '--1-9'-
"Ruses Of War; Allowed.
Rqses of war and the EMPLOYMENT ot
L niuS necessary TO obtain information
cIoLt LnS eneIny and the country, are
The treaty provides as follows regard
ing spies:
An Individual can only be considered q
SPY IL acting clardestiuely OF on false pre-
lenses he obtains, or seeks to obtain in
formation in the zone of Onpra tf0rs ~ !.
Delilgerent, with the intention of COM
mludcdting it to the hostile party.
1hus, soldiers not in disguise who have
penetrated into the zone Of operations Of
q hostile army to obtain information are
not considered spies. Similarly. the fol-
lowing are not considered spies: soldiers
or civilians carrying out their mission
openly, charged with the delivery of dis
patches destined either for their own
army or for that of the enemy TO this
class belong likewise individuals sent i'm
balloons to deliver dispatches, and gen
n int lin
tween the various parts OF an army or d
territory.