Mr. DENNISSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can now state which of the Conventions concluded at the Second Peace Conference held at The Hague in 1907 have been ratified by the Government of Great Britain and Ireland, and which of them, severally, have been ratified by the other Powers engaged in the present War and other Great Powers of the world.
§ Sir EDWARD GREYThe information asked for by the hon. Member is as follows:—
TABLE OF RATIFICATIONS OF, AND ADHESIONS TO, THE CONVENTIONS SIGNED AT THE HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE, 1907. — 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 1. Great Britain … — R R R — R R R X R X — R — — R 2. Russia … R R R R X R R X R — R R — — R — 3. France … R R R R R R R R X R X R R — R — 4. Japan … R X R R R X R R R R R X R R — R X — 6. Serbia … — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 7. Montenegro … — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 5. Belgium. … R — R R R R R R R R R — R R 8. Germany … R R R R X R R X R R X R X R R — R X — 9. Austria-Hungary … R R R R X R R R R R R R — R — 10. Turkey … — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 11. United States … R X R X R R R — — R R R R — A X R 12. Italy … — — — — — — — — — — — — — — R=Ratified. X=Ratification of adhesion, subject to reserve. A=Adhered.