THE CAPTURE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY
AT SEA.
In his original inatruction for the British representatives at the second Peace Conference, held at The Hague in 1907, Sir Edward Grey said:
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although there is no want of force in the passage quoted abov8 from his instructions of 1907, he went on to say that Sir "Edward Grey and hie colleagues should not decline to discuss the ques tion, or take the initiative in opposing a resolution if brought forward. It concession on the point would bring about a
The Yokohama Maru, with the Ameri.. reduction of armaments, the can Mall ex Nippon Maru, in das to ar "The British Navy is the only British Government might think rivebers on Thursday the 27th Inst. offensive weapon which Great the risk worth running. They Britain has against Continental held, however, that the question countries in Europe, other that Russle, is Rangoon Maru, Jap, ss. 3,318, Y. Nomu. Powers. The latter have a double of the immunity of merchant suspended. means of offence; they have their ships from capture was bound navies and they have their power-up with that of commercial fal armies. During recent years, blockade, and that the two musk the proportion between the British stand or fall together. Army and the great Continental The subject was discussed at armies has come to be such that the Conference, and the American the British Army operating alone proposition received a majority could not be regarded as a means of votes, but no convention was of offence against the mainland drawn up. The matter stands of a great Coatinental power, where it did; but the British Swatow-Per HAIMUN, Aug. 22nd 4 pm For her ability to bring pressure Government has been persistently Shanghai & N. China-Per CHENAN, to bear against her enemies in pressed by a section of its sup- war Great Britain has, therefore, porters to take the initiative in to rely on the Navy alone. His bringing about a change. It is Majesty's Government cannot, admitted on all hands that ar therefore, authorise you to agree very existence in time of war to say resolution which would depende on oversea supplies diminish the effective means and as Lord Loreburn showed, which the Navy has of bringing to secure those supplies there are pressure to bear upon an enemy," only two alternatives—a par- This had reference to the known amount Navy, or an interna- intention of the United States totional agreement! We most trost propose that the merchant ships to our own right arm or to parch- and private property of an enemy menis and foreign jarists. The Shanghal & North China-Fer ESANG Los, Miss EM Young, Lt A W Forbos, Sub should be declared immune from latter course finde favour with capture at sea. It had always men who regard the growth of sought to bring about this change armaments as the greatest of evile;
Bab Siao toh. Su Shang-Toh, Su Shang- W'ostook a chow, Mrs Tutohus, H A Bureton. Nemuro ба in maritime law, wishing to devel- who believe it would be checked op its commerce without a cor- if commerce protection ceased to Swatow, Amoy & Foochow Per HAI Per as. Taming from Manila-Messrs Hakodate
W Harper, H Barbour, T Cook, W Mar- responding increase of its Navy. be necessary; and who wish that At Paris in 1850 it had refused to even if war comes trade should Wel-hai-wal Chefoo" & Tientsin-Ferland, FSchaffer, J Nool, J'Hutchinson. agree to the abolition of privateer- not be interfered with. They ing unless immunity was given to show a childlike faith in the Batavin, Samarang & Bourabaya-Por all private property at sea, except officacy of ambiguous conven- contraband of war. At the first tions, which will be tardily Amoy, Bhanghai, N. China & Japan via Peace Conference in 1899 it interpreted by judges brought forward the subject have no means of enforcing Straits & Indin vis Calcutta-Per LAI- again, but the question was their judgments. This point of shelved. The British plenipo- view was well represented by Mr. tentiaries had". instructions," Morrell in his motion on May 6, and would not even join in a asking that all private property resolution commending it to a should be made immune from fatare conference. That was the capture at sea except in the case Philippine Is-Per TAMING, 25th Aug. cantions attitude of "Lord Salis of ships carrying materials for
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London, 17 July. Arrivals from China:-Brisgavia, Pely- Salgon, Straita, Ceylon, Ade-nésien.... ialdo, Western Australia, In- The following vessels have passed the de Adon, Erypt and Europe Canal Means Traces Mien,Scandia, Holop vià Marseilles (Lato Letters 11 | Vorwaerts.
war or attempting to violate Japan via Nagasaki-Per TANGO M, In October 1905 Sir Robert blockade." Bir Edward Gray
25th Aug. 3 p.m. Reid (now Lord Loreburn wrote fenced with this motion, instead s long letter to The Times, urging of meeting it with an absolute that in her own interests Great non possumus. He pointed out Britain ought to welcome the that agreements between belliger- Hollow, Pakhoi & Haiphong proposed change in international eats were hardly to be relied law, boing the country most upon, and that arrangements of dependent on supplies from this kind would not have "any He argued that since material effect on the chances of science has provided effective war and on expenditure on arm means of land carriage, the amente. There would have to be weapon of capture at ger has strict conditions with regard to largely lost its edge against any contraband and floating mines," Continental nation," and that we and the right of blockade must have now more to lose by the law be maintained. But in his in. as it stands, and less to gain, than structions of 1907 Sir Edward in former days. Half our food is Grey bad pointed out that the imported, and an enormous pro-right of capture was bound up portion of our raw material. The with the right of blockade, and profits of our carrying trade are that the immunity of private Straits. India via Calcutta-Por FOOK. put at 90 millions. All those property, "if carried to its logi-! topics are conselessly urged, and cal conclusion, must entail the Shanghai properly arged, in support of a abolition of the right of dommer.. powerful Navy. Are they not cial blockade." / argumente of equal weight The Declaration" of London,
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to Noon Extra Postage 10 centa). (Letters posted in all the Pillar Boxes in time for the first olsurance will be included in this contract mall)--Per AMAZOE, 26th Aug., 11 am
THURSDAY 27th Aug.
SANG, 27th Inst., noon.
& N. China-Per ANHUI 27th Aug, 2 p.m.
FRIDAY, 28th Aug.
against the law of antions which which is happily still anratified, swatow, Amoy & Focolow-Fer HAI- allows capture of private property affects this question only indirect- ly, but the discussions on it show- at sea?
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YANO 28th Aug., 9 a.m.
TUESDAY, 1st Sept..
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, 16th Sept.
Two months later the writer of ed that where concessions are this letter became Lord Chan-made as a quid pro quo the Philippine la-Per TEAN, 1st Sept, cellor in Sir H. Campbell-Ban- consideration received may be The merman's Ministry, a ministry of very doubtfal value. which at once took steps to vagueness of conditional con- reduce the preponderance of the traband, the vagueness of the British Navy, and made its task phrase "a base for the armed which of commerce protection more forces of the enemy," arduous. It could hardly be might be made to cover all our expected that Sir Edward Gray, ports, making goods consigned to as the mouthpiece of that Mini- them presumably contraband try, could adopt strong, these and other ambiguities have uncompromising
and shown that a general agreement
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that private property should be exempt from capture at ses would by no means ensure the anbig- dered flow of our supplies. Aarries In Hongkong on or about the 30th belligerent would not have to inslank repudiate the agreement; be would only have to put his own
Oysters, Fresh, Fried or Stewed interpretation on it, with which Findon Haddooks, Kippers &c,
ALEXANDAR CAFE. the jurists of The Hague might
or might not agros some years afterwards. What we abould gain is most doubtful; but two things are certain: the opposition to naval expenditure would grow, and our value as possible allies of a foreign power would decline. We should become less able to help ourselves, and less likely to be helped by anyone else-*** Col. E. M·Llvā.
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