The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences: Translation of the Official ...

Declarations of his Excellency Lord Reay and of his Excellency Mr. van

den Heuvel

Reference to the committee of examination of the British proposition (annex

25) inscribed in Article 6, and the Belgian propostion (annex 30)

inscribed in Article 2 of the synoptic table (annex 33)

Discussion of Article 7 of the Netherland proposition (annex 28)

Remarks of his Excellency Lieutenant General Jonkheer den Beer Poortugael

and of his Excellency Mr. van den Heuvel

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Declaration of Colonel Ting

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Remarks of his Excellency Lord Reay on the British amendment to the title

of the draft (annex 34)

Reference of the question to a committee of examination and constitution of

Neutral persons in the territory of belligerent parties. Reporter: Colonel BOREL.
(See vol. i, pp. 125-9[125-9], 150-64[150-64]; vol. iii, pp. 37-93[40-98])

Discussion of the German proposition (annex 36) and amendments relative thereto

(annexes 37-42, see the synoptic table, annex 43)

Reading of a declaration by his Excellency Baron Marschall von Bieberstein.

Remarks of his Excellency Lord Reay

Declaration of Brigadier General Davis

SEVENTH MEETING

(August 9, 1907)

Reading by the President of a letter from his Excellency Mr. A. Beernaert on the

subject of the Japanese (annexes 10 and 32) and Danish amendments (annex

12) to the Regulations of 1899 respecting the laws and customs of war on

land (annex 1)

Reading by the President of a letter from his Excellency Mr. Brun relative to the

Danish amendment (vol. iii, Second Commission, annex 31) to the first article

of the British draft convention respecting the rights and duties of neutral

States of naval war (vol. iii, Third Commission, annex 44)

Proposition of his Excellency Mr.. Carlin

Remarks of the President

of his Excellency Mr. Carlin

Neutrals in the territory of belligerent parties (continuation). Reporter: Colonel
BOREL.

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216

Continuation of the discussion of the Luxemburg amendments (annexes 39 and 40)

to the German proposition (annex 36)

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Address of Major General von Gündell .

217

Declarations of his Excellency Mr. Carlin and of Major General Baron Gies von

Gieslingen

219

Remark of his Excellency Mr. van den Heuvel

220

Remarks of his Excellency Mr. Milovanovitch

Declarations of General Amourel and of his Excellency Lord Reay

Remarks of Major General von Gündell and of his Excellency van den Heuvel

Address of his Excellency Mr. Eyschen

Reading of an amendment drawn up by his Excellency Mr. Milovanovitch

Remarks of Colonel Borel

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223

Reference of Article 70 of the German proposition (annex 36) to the committee

of examination

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Reading of Article 71 of the German proposition and of the Austro-Hungarian

amendment thereto (annex 37)

Declaration of Major General von Gündell

Remarks of his Excellency Mr. van den Heuvel

of Major General von Gündell

of Lieutenant Colonel van Oordt

of Major General Baron Giesl von Gieslingen

Reference of Article 71 to the committee of examination

Article 72

Reading and adoption of Article 72 of the German proposition.

Articles 57 and 57b (new)

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226

Reading of Articles 57a and 57b of the Japanese proposition (annexes 32 and 10) 226

Remarks of his Excellency Mr. Tsudzuki

Declaration of Brigadier General Davis .

Reference of Articles 57a and 57b to the committee of examination

Reference to the committee of examination of the Danish amendment concerning

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the mobilization of the military forces of the neutrals (annex 31). . 227

ANNEXES

1. Regulations of 1899 respecting the laws and customs of war

(annex to the Convention)

on land

231

NOS.

Amendments proposed to the Regulations of 1899 respecting the laws and

customs of war on land (annex 1).

2. German proposition

3. Austro-Hungarian amendment to the German proposition (annex 2)

4. Netherland proposition

5. Cuban proposition

6. Spanish proposition

7. Austro-Hungarian proposition

8. Russian amendment to the Austro-Hungarian proposition (annex 7)

9. Netherland proposition

10. Japanese proposition (see annex 32)

11. Italian amendment to the Japanese proposition (annex 10)

12. Danish proposition

13. German proposition

14. Belgian proposition .

15. Russian proposition

16. Draft of amendments elaborated by the first subcommission

Declaration of 1899 concerning the employment of bullets which expand, etc.

17. Proposition of the United States of America

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Declaration of 1899 concerning the launching of projectiles from balloons.

18. The Declaration of 1899 and the draft declaration presented by the delegation of

Belgium

251

Opening of hostilities.

19. Questionnaire prepared by his Excellency Mr. T. M. C. Asser, President of the

second subcommission of the Second Commission

21. Belgian amendment to the French proposition (annex 20)

22. Netherland amendment to the French proposition (annex 20)

23. Draft regulations elaborated by the committee of examination

Rights and duties of neutral States on land.

24. French proposition .

25. British amendment to the French proposition (annex 24)

26. Swiss amendment to the French proposition (annex 24).

27. Netherland amendment to the French proposition (annex 24)

28. Netherland amendment to the French proposition (annex 24)

29. German amendment to the French proposition (annex 24).

30. Belgian amendment to the French proposition and to the German, British, Nether-

land and Swiss amendments (annexes 24-29)

34. Draft regulations elaborated by the committee of examination

35. Russian amendments to the draft regulations elaborated by the committee of exami-

nation (annex 34) ..

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31. Danish proposition .

32. Japanese proposition (see annex 10)

NOS.

Neutral persons in the territory of belligerent parties.

36. German proposition

37. Austro-Hungarian amendment to the German proposition (annex 36)

38. Swiss amendment to the German proposition (annex 36).

39. Luxemburg amendment to the German proposition (annex 36)

40. Luxemburg amendment to the German proposition (annex 36)

41. Serbian additional amendment to the Luxemburg amendment (annex 40)

42. Netherland amendment to the German proposition (annex 36)

45. British amendment to the draft elaborated by the committee of examination

(annex 44)

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46. Belgian amendment to the draft elaborated by the committee of examination

(annex 44)

284

47. French amendment to the draft of the committee of examination (annex 44)

285

44. Draft elaborated by the committee of examination

THIRD COMMISSION

FIRST MEETING

(June 24, 1907)

Address of the President

Organization of the Bureau of the Commission and subcommissions

Designation of the reporters and secretaries.

Deposit by his Excellency General Porter of a proposition relative to the bombardment
by a naval force of unfortified towns, etc., etc. (annex 1)

Deposit by Mr. Kriege of a proposition containing an amendment to the provisions of

the Convention of July 29, 1899, for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the

principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864 (annexes 38 and 39) 291

Communication of his Excellency Sir Ernest Satow, concerning a British proposition

relative to the laying of automatic contact mines (annex 9). .

Declaration of his Excellency Lou Tseng-tsiang, concerning the acceptation by the

Imperial Government of the sign of the Red Cross.

292

Declaration of his Excellency Turkhan Pasha, concerning the maintenance of the sign

Amendments to the Hague Convention of July 29, 1899, for the adaptation to

maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August

22, 1864. Reporter: Mr. Louis RENAULT.

(See vol. i, pp. 63-5[66-8]; vol. iii, pp. 557-72[553-69])

Discussion of Mr. Renault's report (annex A) and the draft convention (annex B)
Remarks of the President .

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Amendments to the Hague Convention of July 29, 1899, for the adaptation to mari-
time warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22,
1864. Reporter: Mr. Louis RENAULT.-Continued.

Reading of Article 3 of the draft

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Remarks of the Reporter

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Reading of a declaration of Rear Admiral Siegel

Modification proposed by his Excellency Mr. van den Heuvel and accepted by

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Rear Admiral Siegel