FLOATING MINES.
CONSIDERATION RV HAGt'E COX VENTIOX. Received I.lth, 1153 p.m. The Htgue, August 15. At the Convention, flermany resists the Dutuch proposal, which Britain accepts, that anchored mines, so constructed as to become harmless in two hours, any be laid within the sphere of active operations. Austria and Russia support Germany's opposition. London, August 15. The Times, referring to the above, uys, should Germany's opposition prevail, any belligerent would be entitled to scatter mines broadcast on the sea wherever he thought fit to leave them, {hereby exposing merchantmen for months, perhaps yeara, to sudden and utter annihilation.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 16 August 1907, Page 3
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98FLOATING MINES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 16 August 1907, Page 3
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