The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-19
DISARMAMENT
CAUSED TROUBLE
At HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE
AND GREAT QUESTION is
DoDGED.
ALL NATIONS VIOLATED
Resolution Passed in 1898 Limiting
rmaments-United States DeIs,
gate Expresses Regret at
Little Progress Made.

The Hague, Aug. l8-Without caus
ing splitup of the plenary sitting CT
the peace conference, but OH the 9th
Tor hand with perfect unanimity, a res
Iolution proposed by Sir Edward Fry
Iof the British delegation regarding
(, the limitation Of military burdens was
adopted today. While the text OF the
British proposition contains little CT
/ 9 positive character, it is received
with general satisfaction here, since
tits mild import was sufficient to pre-
went the Latin-American delegations
! from offering substitute, which
would have undoubtedly caused the
German delegates to withdraw from
ttha sitting
AS adopted, the British proposition
merely reaffairms its allegience to the
declaration made in 1899 about the
limitation of armamcnts with the very
mild-maunered addition that since
practically none OF the nations have
paid any heed to the proposition ii
would be desirable to see the govern
ments earnestly resume the study CT
the question.
Officially recorded, the Fry resolu-
tion reads as follows;
This conference confirms the reso-
luton adopted by the conference IF
1899 regarding the limitation of mil
itary burdens, and as military bur
dens have been considerably augment
ed in almost all countries since 1899,
it declares it is highly desirable to see
the governments earnestly. resume
the study OF this question:
Several Of the powers approved the
amendments to the laws and customs
of land war with reserve.
The proposition to prohibit the
throwing OF explosives from balloons
was approved by 20 yeas and votes
in the negative. There We're seven
from voting on this prop
osition.
Sir Edward Fry announced that
Great Britain adhered to the pfohib-
ition of the use of asphyxiating gases
and expanding bullets.
The proposition to prohibit the |
of undefended towns
was unanimously approved. though |
seven delegations made reserves.
After the disarmament treaty be-
ween Argentine and Chill had been
'ead the whole conference enthusias-
ically applauded Senors Drago and
Joncha, who were chiefly instrument
Il in drawing up that treaty
In voicing the approval of the
United States of the British proposi-
ion as presented by Sir Edward Fry,
Joseph II. Choate, head of the Amer
can delegation submitted a letter. of
which the following is a part:
In the course of the negotiations
which preceded this conference, the
government of the United States con
idered it its duty to reserve the
light of raising here the important
ubect of the limitation of arma-
lents, in the hope that it might bring
little nearer the realization of the
oble idea by which the emperor
[ Russia was inspired in his first
to the powers. While re-
retting that further progress in the
irection indicated by his imperial
lajesty can not be made at present.
'e are happy to think that there is 9
o intention of abandoning the tack
nd we ask to be allowed to express Q
ur sympathy with the views set
'rth by the first delegate of Great !
ritain and to support the proposal
e has just made"
NJ. Bourgeois, head of the French Z
elegation. expressed the sympathy
France with the British resolution.
ld NJ. Nelidoff, president, read
atement from the Spanish delega-
ff- H.