...the Third Peace Conference." The essential proposition relating to principle was the prohibition of " the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods of similar nature." Attitude toward declaration of 1899.—The declaration of 1899 prohibiting the discharge...

...is provided that: The contracting powers agree to prohibit, for a term of five 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...

...20), DECLARATION PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OF PROJECTILES AND EXPLOSIVES FROM BALLOONS ( XIV Hague 1907 ) The Contracting Powers agree to prohibit, for...balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature. The present Declaration Is only binding on the Contracting Powers In case of war between two or more...

...desirous of renewing the declaration of The Hague of the 29th July, 1899, which has now expired, Declare : The Contracting Powers agree to prohibit, for a period...balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature. The present Declaration is only binding on the Contracting Powers in case of war between two or more...

...renewing the Declaration of The Hague, of the 29th of July, 1899, which has now expired," it is declared "the contracting Powers agree to prohibit for a period extending to the close of the next Peace Conference, the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons, or by other new methods...

...all the great powers. The prohibition against the launching of projectiles from balloons was renewed for a period extending to the close of the third Peace Conference, which has yet to convene. But Kussia, Germany. France, Italy, Japan, Spain, and Turkey did not join...

...desirous of renewing the declaration of The Hague of the 29th July, 1899, which has now expired. Declare: The contracting powers agree to prohibit, for a period...balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature. The present declaration is only binding from the time when, in a war between the contracting powers,...

...terminology of the 2nd. Declaration is clearly more narrow than the 3rd. Declaration, which prohibits "the discharge of projectiles and explosives from...balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature" (italics supplied). The conclusion could be drawn from this that the delegates would therefore have...

...at the 1899 conference prohibited the use of dum-dum bullets, asphyxiating gases, and the launching of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods of similar nature. The use of poison or poisoned weapons was forbidden by regulations annexed to both...

...from balloons, or by other new methods of a similar nature". It was renewed once, in 1907, this time "for a period extending to the close of the Third Peace Conference". This Conference never met and therefore has never been closed either. This may lead to the formal argument...