THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
Floating Mines. Press Association. —Copyright. The Hague, August 15. At the Convention Germany resisted a Hutch proposal which Britain accepts that anchored mines so constructed as to become harmless in two hours may he laid in the sphere of active operations. Austria and Russia support Germany s opposition. London, August 15. The Times referring to the above says should Germany’s opposition prevail any belligerent will be. entitled to scatter mines broadcast at sea wherever bethinks fit and leave them there, exposing merchantmen for months, perhaps years, to sudden and utter annihilation.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8896, 16 August 1907, Page 2
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94THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8896, 16 August 1907, Page 2
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