y can be ratified, in order that their provisions may be ca

ting respectively to Naval Prize, to the Geneva Convention of 1906, and to Conventions signed at The Hague Peace Confer

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Naval Prize Consolidation Bill"6 to inform Parliament upon the highly technical points as to w

o raise a doubt whether the wish of the Government, or of the draftsman, has been th

in this country, especially where commercial interests are involved, will see that the performance of such an undertaking might well have proved to be impossible. Though myself strongly in favour of placing, at the proper time and in an appropriate manner, legislative restrictions upon the general use of the emblem and name, I can hardly think the Bill now before Parliament to be well adapted for its purpose. The "Memorandum" prefixed to it ought surely to have stated, in plain language, the effect of the articles in question and the reasons which prevented them from being ratified together with the rest of the Convention. Instead

Conventions, out of thirteen drafted at The Hague, which are within the purview of the Bill. The reader is left to puzzle out for himself, supposing him to have the necessa

your obedie

. HO

?um, July

nce (Conventions) Bill" of 1911, upon several occasions in the House of Commons, especially in August of that year, an

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enable certain conventions to be carried into effect," the Government has justified the criticis

was any clue given to those articles, out of nearly 400 contained in the 13 conventions in question, which are relevant to the proposed legislation. Members of Parliament sufficiently inquisitive not to be inclined

osing him to have the necessary documents at hand, though probably only after several hours of labour, to ascertain what would be the result of passin

your obedie

. HO

April

in compliance with the criticisms, which had led to the withdrawal of its predecessor of 1911. C

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e fact that the memorandum prefixed to the Bill vaguely describes its main object as being to bring our law into conformity with "The Hague Conventions" at large. An ordinary member of Parliament would surely be grateful to be referred specifically t

as of doubtful interpretation. Would it not also be desirable to take this opportunity of severing the enlistment articles of the overgrown principal Ac

e ratified it or may have agreed to be temporarily bound by its provisions. One has of late been surprised to read of vessels carrying contraband being allowed to continue their voyage after surrendering the contraband goods, in accordance with

your obedie

. HO

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the House of Lords with little comment, but was withdrawn, after much