...prisoners of war. By declaration of the Second Hague Conference of 1907 it is prohibited to discharge projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature. But public opinion has changed since that time, and in the great European War of 1014 both sides used...

...nature." For the phrase " for a term of five years," the Conference of 1907 substituted the expression "for a period extending to the close of the Third Peace Conference." 33 378. (II) On Asphyxiating or Deleterious Gases. — " The Contracting Powers agree to abstain from...

...prohibits, until the close of the Third Peace Conference which was expected to take place in 1914, the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods. The United States and Great Britain are, however, the only Great Powers which have ratified it, and...

...renewed at the Second Hague Conference, in 1907, except that the words " five years " were changed to " for a period extending to the close of the Third Peace Conference." The essential proposition relating to principle was the prohibition of " the discharge of projectiles and...

...renewed at the Second Hague Conference, in 1907, except that the words " five years " were changed to " for a period extending to the close of the Third Peace Conference." The essential proposition relating to principle was the prohibition of " the discharge of projectiles and...

...Hague Tribunal in 1899 took up the military aspect of this field of law in prohibiting the launching of projectiles and explosives from balloons, or by other new methods of a similar nature for a term of five years. This same law was extended in 1907 at the second International Peace Conference...

...Hague on July 29, 1899, certain states agreed to " prohibit, for a terms of 5 years, the launching of projectiles and explosives from balloons, or by other new methods of similar nature " ; this Declaration was renewed on October 18, 1907, for a somewhat indefinite period....

...The Contracting Powers agree Ше8 to prohibit, for a term of five prohibited years, the launching of projectiles and explosives from balloons, or by other new methods of similar nature. The present Declaration is only binding on the Contracting Powers in case of war between...

...Powers did so without reservation as to the above clauses. The 14th Convention contained the following: "The Contracting Powers agree to prohibit, for a period...balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature." Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Russia, however, refused to sign this Convention, although Great...

...the other three are not. Under the terms of this Declaration the Contracting Powers agree to prohibit the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature. Its terms are, therefore, wide enough to cover bombardment by aircraft. On the other hand, the scope...