DECLARATION OF LONDON.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10146, 24 January 1911, Page 5

DECLARATION OF LONDON.

PRESS COMMENTS. (Received Last Night, 10.40 o'clock.) LONDON, January 23. The Daily Mail says that Australia's: protest against the Declaration of London is merely a foretaste of opposition irom every quarter of the Empire. When the real inwardness of the new code of war and its Imperial menace is revealed, it will be seen that the Dominions have been overlooked throughout. No provision has made for-the appointment oftheir judges, though Greece, Columbia and Uruguay have been given theright to nominate one judge each in various years. Yet, the shipping.of. the is sixth on..the list *pf shipping, "W;hy," the paper asks, "should Australia and New Zealand be treated as inferior States in civilisation to Colombia?"

The Chronicle says that the Declaration is of transcendent importance. Its immense complexity would cause a delay until a conference affords time for reflection. Article 34 is decidedly ambigious. If articles 33 and 34 had been as explicit as Sir Edward Grey's letter to the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, there would be no ground for misconception. It was a great gain that raw material for all Britain's industries should not be declared contraband.

(Received Last~ Night, 'll.4o^o'clock.) CAPETOWN, January 23. The Cape Times says they were not surprised that Australia protested. The paper.. the South African Union Government should consider the matter. It points out that bullion may be treated as conditional contraband, and would be liable to seizure. The : South African gold j shipment often amounts to half a million and would offer a tempting prize I to a raiding cruiser.