...convention dealt with the laws and customs of war on land ; and a third with the adaptation to naval warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864. Next followed three declarations prohibiting " the throwing of projectiles or explosives from balloons...

...war code cannot be found save so far as its beginnings may be traced in The Hague third "Convention for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of the 22nd Aug. 1864," a convention which both the belligerents in the Russian-Japanese war have signed,...

...the use of expanding bullets, and methods of naval warfare. The Second Committee applied itself to the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of 1864 which neutralized everything connected with the hospital service in land operations. It is to...

...produced two important Conventions, — one concerned with the Laws of Warfare on Land, and the other with the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention. These were signed by the great majority of the powers represented at the Conference, and it was agreed...

...of the conference includes conventions upon the amelioration of the laws and customs of war on land, the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of 1864, and the extension of judicial methods to international cases. The Convention for the Pacific...

...disputes ; second, a convention concerning the laws and customs of warfare on land ; third, a convention for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864. The first and third of these conventions are given in full on subsequent pages of this number of the...

...to content itself in recommending. CHAPTER IV THE WORK OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE I. THE CONVENTION FOB THE ADAPTATION TO MARITIME WARFARE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION OF AUGUST 22, 1864 THE Second Committee of the Conference, to which was referred the subject of the extension of the principles...

...international differences. II. Convention regarding the laws and customs of war by land. III. Convention for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of the 22d August, 1864. IV. Trois Declarations concernant : — 1. L'interdiction de lancer des projectiles...

.... . 118 Objections of Captain Mahau 119 CHAPTER IV THE WORK OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE THE CONVENTION FOR THE ADAPTATION TO MARITIME WARFARE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION, AUGUST 22, 1864 Reference to first Sub-Committee 120 Report of Professor Renault 120 Text of the treaty...

...convention dealt with the laws and customs of war on land ; and a third with the adaptation to naval warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864. Next followed three declarations prohibiting " the throwing of projectiles or explosives from balloons...