first was repeated in 1907), as to projectiles from balloons,
projectiles spreading dangerous gases, and expanding bullets;
The Hague Convention, No. iii. of 1907 as to Declaration of
War; all ratified by Great Britain, except the Declaration of
St. Petersburg, which was thought to need no ratification.

(ii.) With reference only to war on land: the Geneva Convention
of 1906 (superseding that of 1864) as to the sick and wounded,
which was generally ratified, though by Great Britain only in
1911 (it was extended to maritime warfare by Conventions iii.
of 1899 and x. of 1907, both ratified by Great Britain, _cf.
infra_, Ch. VI. Section 10); the Hague Conventions of 1907, No.
iv. (superseding the Convention of 1899) as to the conduct of
warfare, and No. v. as to neutrals, of which only the former
has as yet been ratified by Great Britain.

(iii.) With reference only to war at sea: the Declaration of
Paris, of 1856, supposed apparently to need no ratification (to
which the United States is now the only important Power which
has not become a party), as to privateering, combination of
enemy and neutral property and blockades; The Hague Conventions
of 1907, No. vi. as to enemy merchant vessels at outbreak, No.
vii. as to conversion of merchantmen into warships, No. viii.
as to mines, No. ix. as to naval bombardments, No. x. as to the
sick and wounded, No. xi. as to captures, No. xii. as to an
International Prize Court, supplemented by the Convention of
1910, No. xiii. as to neutrals. It must be observed that, of
these Conventions, Great Britain has ratified only vi., vii.,
viii., ix., and x., the three last subject to reservations. The
Declaration of London of 1909, purporting to codify the laws of