28 (_b_) is merely an express enactment of a well-established rule of the law of nations.

A recent instance of its application occurred, before the date of The Hague Convention, during operations in the neighbourhood of Suakin.

An offer by the British Admiral of a reward for Osman Digna, dead or alive, was, if I mistake not, promptly cancelled and disavowed by the home Government.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T.E.HOLLAND.
Brighton, April 17 (1906).
* * * * * SECTION 9 _The Choice of Means of Injuring_ BULLETS IN SAVAGE WARFARE Sir,--The Somaliland debate was sufficient evidence that The Hague Convention "respecting the laws and customs of war on land" is far more talked about than read.

Colonel Cobbe had, it appears, complained of the defective stopping power, as against the foes whom he was encountering, of the Lee-Metford bullet.

It is the old story that wounds inflicted by this bullet cannot be relied on to check the onrush of a hardy and fanatical savage, though they may ultimately result in his death.
Whereupon arises, on the one hand, the demand for a more effective projectile, and, on the other hand, the cry that the proposed substitute is condemned by "the universal consent of Christendom"; or, in particular, "by the Convention of The Hague," which, as was correctly stated by Mr.Lee, prohibits only the use of arms which cause superfluous injury.
You print to-day two letters enforcing the view of the inefficiency against savages of the ordinary service bullet.