Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2017
1 The information concerning ratifications givenin Scott, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907, is as of February 27,1915. The information given in this comment was obtained by the writer from the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as of November 28, 1930. Reservations are not noted in this summary.
2 On January 5,1902, a protocol concerning the Hague Conventions of 1899 was signed by the representatives of fifteen American states, at the Second International Conference of American States, by which certain of the American Republics not then parties to the Hague Conventions recognized the principles set forth therein “ as a part of PublicInternational American Law.” By a special protocol, signed at The Hague, June 14,1907, states not represented at the First Peace Conference were permitted to adhere to the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.