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Show i Powers About to Ban Torpedoing of Cargo Vessels WASHINGTON". Dec. 31 (By the Associated Press) Agreement ' by the drafting commlttco of the naval committee today on tho language lan-guage of the Koot resolution, ul-i ul-i coaly accepted In principle b the five powers to reaffirm the laws of naval warfare applying to mcr- hiiit hIiio.- ami declare annlica.. Itlon of theao laws to submarine operations, marks a stop toward actual banishment of submarines submar-ines from warfare against merchant mer-chant vessels The drafting commit loo. headed bv Mr Root. Is said to have fully realized this In agreeing to a text closely following the Root propos-- propos-- als, which Ik regarded as possibly significant of ultimate decision by the Japanese and French governments govern-ments to assent to a declaration of flat prohibition against submarine submar-ine operations agalnt commercial craft. |