THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 20 August 1907, Page 3

THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONADOPTED. At ,k„ n Th ® Ha « ue ' A «gu»t 18. At the Peace Convention, Sir Edward «Y, at a plenary meeting, moved a reckon confirming the 1893 resolution regarding limitation of military charges P ro l>osed that, "Seeing that the military charges have jinee licrn con- j Mderably increased in nearly every coantrv, this CVnkrenee divUivs it highly desirable tint Government s sJioulri resume the serious study oi the miction. Sir Edward Fry announced lint Britain was prepared annually to communicate to Powers that would do the tome, her programme for tin; coustmcaon of new »t--, 1, of war and the expenditure entailed. This, he said, would facilitate the exchange of viewj between Governments regarding reductions which might be effected hy mutual asreement. iir Choate (United States). I Bo Ur geois (France), M. JTelidort UW.)," Jf" ' re T*esenfHives supf r ," d proposal was adopted by ace!, !„n.

MBCUSSIOX OX Tire LIMIT VIIOX PROPOSALS.

Received I'llli, j,.m. Auyisf in. Sir Edward Fry stated that the military expenditure of Europe, the United States and Japan kid imrea:*d <» imjBom sine* 1838. Britain rccopiHcj that limitation of military charges was only practicable !.y means of the good will and freewill of each Government, and hoped the conference would trv to bring about a golden age of universal P««*. (Cheers).

Hon Mr. Choate and M. Bourgeois warmly supported Sir Edward Fry. M. XcUdoff applauded the English in itaatire, though the question, he said, was no more ripe than in 1899. Sterile discussion only accentuated the difieiencea of opinion with the present state of the question, and with the interest all had in seeing it directed into a ihannel where unity of the powers could alone constitute a guarantee of further progress.

London, August 10. The Times says tie expressions of pUtoaic sympathy were all very well, bu£,*ill the Powers make a practical W«K>ise to Britain's offer to build two instead of three Dreadnought* this year if the Powers come to an understanding!

THE RESOLUTION RIDICULED.

Received 19th, 921 pjn.

Paris, August V). The French Press regard the adoption of Sir Edward Fry's limitation of armament as merely a piece of international politeness.

.J Berlin, August la. The Gaftjl Press laugh at the proposal. ~ PROHIBITED AMMOKrriOK. Received 19th, 951 pjn. The Hague, August 19. fib Edward Fry announced that Britain agreed to adh:re to the declarations adopted in 1899, prohibiting the use of bnlleta which expand or easily flatten in the human body, also the employment of projectiles diffusing asphyxiating or deleterious gaaes. Hut. .