International 175 
The occupying State shall only be 
regarded as administrator and usu- 
fructuary of the public... forests and 
agricultural works belonging to the 
hostile state and situated in the occu- 
pied country. It must protect the 
capital of these properties and ad- 
minister it according to the rules of 
usufruct." Thus, in time of war, the 
complete devastation of forests will 
henceforth be prevented as much as 
possible. 
The International Convention, held 
in London in 1900, purposed to pre- 
serve the various forms of animal life 
existing in a wild state within a 
certain large zone of Africa. The 
hunting and destruction of the follow- 
ing animals are more particularly pro- 
hibited : firstly, on account of their 
usefulness, vultures, secretary bird, 
owls, and rhinoceros bird ; secondly, 
on account of their rarity and threat- 
