The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-22
RESTORATION OF WILLIE
WHI1>LA IS EXPECTED IN
FORTY=EIGHT HOURS
Father Has Received Another Letter With This Promise From Kdnaper
lie on Verge of Collapse Caused by Disappointment of
Sunday Mother of Boy Bears Up Bravey Chershng
the Hope That Son Will Be Found

of free contraband exports approXl-
mating $40.000.000
The essence of the declaration on
blockade is that 1t must be confined
to the ports and coasts belonging to,
or occupied by. the army and that the
blockade to be binding must be ef-
fectIve
The Anglo,American doctrine Of no.
tlce of blockade was adopted, as
against the continental. This Is that
notice through diplomatic channels of
the establishment Of such blockade Is
sufficient
A compromise was reached In the
matter Of the doctrine OF continuous
voyage, all parties making conces-
sions; but the main features of the
Anglo-American doctrine, that the ul-
innate destination Of the contraband
shall determine whether such cargo Is
subject to seizure as contraband Is
rcckoned In the case OF absolute con-
traband, but Is given up in the case OF
conditional contraband
On the question of contraband. the
conference adopted three classified
tions. VIZ: Absolute, conditional and
not contraband. Absolute contraband
includes generally articles and imple-
ments of war and that may be used
In war. Conditional contraband In
cludes food supplies. fodder and
grain. clothing suitable for military
use; gold and silver, coined and in
bars, and paper representing money;
airships and flying machines; fuel;
lubricants; powders and explosives not
especially designed for war use;
barbed wire; horseshoes and shoeing
outfits
Articles which cannot be declared
contraband Of war include: Raw cot
ton. raw wool, and other raw materials
OF textile industries; natural and ar
tificial fertilizers, comprising nitrates
and phosphates. susceptible OF use In
agriculture: ores, chinaware and glass
ware: paper. agriculture machinery.
machinery used in mines. textile indus
tries and printing.
Article AZ provides that any person
belonging to the armed forces of the
enemy and found on board of a neutral
war vessel, may be made prisoner OF
war even though there be no ground
for seizing the vessel.
To meet the situation arising
during the RusSo-JapaDese war, when
neutral vessels were seized by the
Russians and were sunk on the high
seas because the latter had no nearby
ports to which to take them, the con-
ference declared In article 4S that a
neutral vessel. which had been seized,
cannot be destroyed by the captor,
but must be conducted Into the proper
port in order that the validity of the
capture may be determined upon. AS
an exception to this rule. Il is declar-
ed that a neutral vessel seized by a
belligerent and which is subject to
conflscation, may be destroyed If the
observance OF article 4S might
jeopardize the safety of the war vessel
or the success Of the operations In
which the latter is actually engaged.
The transfer OF hostile vessel to
neutral flag. when II takes place be-
fore the beginning Of hostilities. shall
be valid unless 1t be proved that the
transfer was made for the purpose OF
escaping the consequences which
would have followed because the yes
sci belonged To the enemy.