...elaborate set of regulations for the conduct of war on land was adopted, and was reaffirmed in 1907. Projectiles, the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases, were prohibited by a resolution passed in 1899 ; likewise bullets which expand or flatten easily...

...of warfare. The text of the declaration is as follows: The contracting Powers agree to abstain from the use of projectiles the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases. The present Declaration is only binding on the contracting Powers in the case of a war between...

...dwellings, or buildings which are undefended; to pillage, even when a place is taken by assault ; to use projectiles the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases ; to use bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body; to foree information from...

...dwellings, or buildings which are undefended ; to pillage, even when a place is taken by assault ; to use projectiles the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases; to use bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body ; to f oree information from...

...4See Declaration, Vol. II, p. 157. and from the naval sub-commission a declaration to abstain from the use of projectiles, the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases.1 The positive result of the labors of the First Commission was far from encouraging, and while...

...destruction are, by the Declaration of St. Petersburg, explosive bullets; by The Hague Declarations of 1899, "projectiles the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or harmful gases," and " bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with...

...Conference except the United States is to the effect that "the contracting powers agree to abstain from the use of projectiles the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases." Captain (Admiral) Mahan explains the opposition to the declaration by the United States representatives...

...in 1899 and renewed in 1907,2 all the civilised Powers n^fio°urs have agreed gases. To abstain from the use of projectiles the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases.3 I can find no instance of the actual use in war of such a gas, but proposals have been made...

...of and used, but must be restored at peace, and indemnities paid. The Hague Convention of 1899 also prohibited the use of projectiles, the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or harmful gases ; also, for a term of five years, the throwing of explosives or projectiles from balloons....

...Declaration concerning Asphyxiating or Deleterious Gases. The contracting powers agree to abstain from the use of projectiles the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases. This declaration has now been signed and ratified by all the powers represented at the Conference...