Show PEACE TREATY RATIFIED itula 0 hague peace conference re lating to the conduct of war the senate spent an hour in execl ave sess on friday on the convention growing out of the hague peace con arence relating to the conduct 0 war on land and sea and finally ratified the agreement without a division the countries party to the treaty were germany belgium denmark spain the united baates mexico 1 ranee great britain greece italy japan embrough Lux monte negro the netherlands persia port ugal roumania russia servia sweden and norway turkey and bul afana the provisions of the treaty are binding on on the contracting powers in case of war between two or more of them and cease to be binding when a non contracting power join either of the bell gerenas the most important feature ot the treaty tl e contents of which have been generally known is that use of dumdum bullets among other things specially cited are to employ poison or poisoned arms to kill or wound treacherously individuals belonging to the hostile nation or army to kill or wound an enemy who having laid down arms or having no longer means of defense aas surrendered at d secretion on to de dare that no quarter will be given to employ arms projectiles or material of a nature to cause superfluous foj iry to make improper use of a flag of truce the national flag or military ensigns and the enemy uniform as well as the badges of the general con mention to destroy or s eze the ene my s property unless such destruction r seizure be imperatively demanded tl e necessia essit es of war ruses of war I 1 nd the employment of methods sary to obtain information about the and the country considered al |