The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-14
THE CONGRESS.
First Days Sitting Of the Great
Council Of the Powers.
BISMARCK CHOSEN PRESIDENT.
How the Plenipotentiaries
Were Placed.
VERY LITTLE WORK DONE.
The Policy Of Bismarck in Favor
Of Universal Peace.
VERY LITTLE WORK DONE.
[DY CABLE TO THE HERALD.1

The first setting of the Congress was held
this afternoon in the Radziwill Palace. The
streets leading to the palace were crowded
with spectators anxious to see the diplo-
matists as they arrived. Four mounted
police agents kept the approaches to tho
great building clear. Lord Beaconsfeld
o'clock.
ORDER OF ARRIVAL.
The other members of the Congress had
previously arrived, all in full court dress
and uniform, in the following ORDER
Count Schouvaloff, Prince Gortschakof and
n. Ouvril, Sadallah, the only Turkish
Plenipotentiary, then the Italian, French
and Austrian representatives. The French
plenipotentiaries alone arrived in ON open
carriage, because the weather, although
quite warm, was rainy.
POPULARITY OF BEAcoNsFIELD.
There was q great crowd of people at the
entrance Of the Hotel Kaiserhoff to see the
Earl OF Beaconsfeld set out for the palace.
When he appeared at the hotel and when he
alighted from his carriage at the palace he
was respectfully saluted by the crowd.
RECEIVING HIS GUESTS.
Prince Bismarck, in the uniform Of his
rank in the German Army, surrounded by
Prince Hohenlohe, Herr Radowitz, Count
Won Bulow and Humbert Bismarck, re-
ceived the plenipotentiaries in the salon
which precedes the Hall of the Congress.
An usher announced the plenipotentiaries
by their diplomatic titles and not by their
names.
ENTERING THE CONGRESS HALL.
At five minutes past two Humbest Bis
marck opened the folding doors of the hall
of the Congress. Prince Bismarck, as Pres
ident, passed in first When the twenty
four plenipotentiaries and secretaries had
entered the apartment the door was closed.
They were then assigned seats. The table
occupies three sides Of quadrangle.
HOW THEY WERE PLACED.
Prince Bismarck took his place of the
middle of the exterior of tho principal
table, and the plenipotentiaries were then
SEATED alternately to the right and to the
left of the Prince in the order of their
countries names in French. The order Of
precedence became, therefore. Auemagne,
Autsiche, France, G,ande Bretagne, Halie,
Russie.e ct Iurqsie. Thus were placed to the
right Autriche. Grandc Bretagne, Russie; to
tho left France, Halle, 1tsrqaie. The other
representatives of Germany occupied the
side VI the principal table opposite Prince
Bismarck.
LAYING OUT THE TABLE.
In order to form an idea of how the men,
bers of the Congress were seated trace o
square, one side of which is wanting.
There will remain three tables principal
one, and from each Of its ends another
table running at right angles to it. Prince
Bismarck was seated at the principal table.
At his right, SUCCESSFULLY, Andrassy,
Karobyi, Haymerle, Beaconsfeld, Salisbury,
Russell, Gortschakoff, Schouvaloff and
Oubril.
CLEvERLY PLACID.
At the small end of this right hand table,
turning the corner from M. Oubril and
facing Lord Beaconsfold at the other end of
the table, sat M. Busch md Prince Bis
marck's son, Humbest. A study of the above
will disclose the curious fact that the British
and Russian plenipotentiazies are brought
together. Lord Odo Russell having the
GRITTY Prince Gortschak'off on his right
The Austrians separate the German Chan
cellor from Lord Beacora field, while the
British in turn act as fm der between the
Austrians and Russians.
WRENCH, ITALIANsssAND TURKS.
On the left of the German Chancellor sat
at the great table in the order named
NM. Waddington, st. Waller and Desproz,
the latter occupying tho seat next to
the corner Then, on turning tho angle
and facing at distfsp.ce the Marquis of
Salisbury sat Corti, after which successfully
on the same side were D'Aunay, the vacant
chair of Karatheodori, Sadullah, and the
empty seat of Mehemet--these five last
facing, across the intervening space, Sails
bury, Russell, Gorts'shakof, Schouvaloff and
OubriL This is likely to be the quiet side
of the table.