TURCO-ITALIAN WAR.
» DANGEROUS FLOATING MINES. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. Athens, April 24. Of fifty-fire floating mines placed at the Dardanelles, one was found near Dede-Agach, a Turkish seaport.
The position as to mines is of much importance to neutrals.'. The RussoJapanese 'War clearly demonstrated the danger to commerce of mines on the high seas, whother anchored or floating, and their use is now regulated by The Hague Convention, No - . 8, of 1907. The chief provision in this is that mines must not be left to float unless tliey becomo harmless in an hour. As regards this Convention, however, Turkey has made certain reservations in view of the exceptional' circumstances of the Dardenelles and Bosphorus. The British view of this Convention was that, even in the form which was acceptable to Turkey, it did not gofar enough, and, in particular, that the very wide use of anchored mines still permissible under it was a danger to neutral commerce which ought not to continue.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1424, 26 April 1912, Page 5
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161TURCO-ITALIAN WAR. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1424, 26 April 1912, Page 5
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