Show NATIONS t AGREEMENT IN Result of Naval Con Conference Conference Conference ference Recently Held in London GREAT AID TO COMMERCE RIGHT OF SEARCH LIMITED CONTRABAND OF WAR VAR chicago March 13 A freer ment of 01 o neutral commerce In time tune of ot war will be the principal result of or an agreement reached at the secret naval conference recently concluded in Lon Len London London Lendon don according to special cable to the Daily Dally News from London today todal The fhe Daily Dally News correspondent t advises that t at atthe the main points of agreement are That a definite list of articles as on of war be made that food foodstuffs foodstuffs stuffs be contraband in neutral shIps chips only when directly consigned d lo to military Q forces of countries at war warThe warThe warThe The right of blockade is recognized if notification is given In advance and nil all neutral vessels coming in the zone zie of ot the blockade may ma be seized Beyond Belond the blockade neutral vessels carrying contraband may be confiscated or sunk If tlc the amount of the contraband aiti artl des les exceed 50 per cent of the cargo Right of Search Sear h Limited The right of or search on the high seas is if is limited to the ships papers and no ro hatches may be lifted If the captor Is s that despite the papers more mor than 50 O per cent of or contraband is tarried carried the ship may be cOnveyed into port and a search made In this event if the contraband is found not to exceed 50 ZO O per cent the raptor is liable to heavy heay damages to tobe tobe tobe be assessed a by bV a naval prize court The burden of ot proof of contraband lies with the captors This makes most difficult the slaking sinking of neutral vessels even eyen if full of contraband since when th ships hips are sunk only their papers will remain as evidence for the prize court and these on their face may ma show that no contraband goods were carried Russia Finally Agreed Agre d Admiral Traube Traub of Russia caused a sensation by b first agreeing to the 50 O Oper per cent ent contraband proposition and then recanting The conference thought Its work finished and went to Bucking Buckingham Buckingham ham Imm palace where the king extended Hs Ifs congratulations Upon their return to I conference Admiral Traube an announced announced announced that his government had or 01 ordered tiered dered hm to insist that percentage of i be reduced rc from 50 O to 25 2 The members of the commission were astounded a andY and another months work was vas as bar when finally the flus fluss s an government agreed to the original proposition of 50 per cent The fact that neutral commerce by international agreement will move more freely frely fre I in future wars is regarded as a of vast Importance In itself and also marking a great advance in th for tor the discouragement of |