DECLARATION OF LONDON.
• - -fr ' ' SHIPOWNERS AGAINST IT. . By Telegraph-Press Ajsociatlon-Copyrlelit. . i London, February 18. ' Tho Chamber of Shipping, by an overwhelming majority, resolved to'urgo that tho Declaration of London should not be ratified until it had been modified or foodstuffs declared not to be contraband.. WHAT. THE NAVY WOULD SAY. ' (Rec. February 19, 5.5 p.m.) ■ London, February 18. Vice-Admiral Sir Hedworth Lambton, at tho Chamber of Shipping dinner, said ho was .sorry .tho Government was inclined to sign the Declaration of London. Ho believed ' that the whole Navy,. if asked, would say, "Don't!" Tho' Declaration proposed that merchantmen might claim every immunity as non-combatants, and then whenever th?jv liked they could turn pirate.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1056, 20 February 1911, Page 5
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113DECLARATION OF LONDON. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1056, 20 February 1911, Page 5
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