The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-03

ing the AN. and P NJ. hours by diff
ferent kinds of type. This subject,
as will be seen, came before the late
| Conference.
! The invitation given by the Amer
! lean Government was responded to |
with more unanimity than had been |
expected. twenty-five nations were !
represented by forty-one delegates, !
every civilised country being repre- |
scented except Portugal, China, the |
Argentine Republic, and one or two
other South American States. The
United States had five delegates, viz:
| Rear-Admiral G. r. P. Rodgers,
formerly Director of the Naval OBJ
servatory, Prof. Cleveland Able, of
the Signal Service, Commander
Sampson, then Director of the Naval
Observatory, Mr.. w. F. Allen, al
ready mentioned, and Mr.. Lewis
Rutherford, of New York, dis
tinguished for his researches in OPP
tics, etc.
Great Britain was represented by
four delegates Prof J. G. Adams,
Director of the Cambridge Observa-
tory and joint discoverer with LIE
T Verrier of the planet Neptune, Capt.
F. J. o. Evans, late Chief of the
photographic Office, Gen. Strachey,
distinguished for researches in me-
teoroIogy, and Mr. Sanford Fleming,
, of Canada.
f France sent but two delegates, M.
Lefaivre, Consul-General, and Mr..
Jansen, a well-known astronomer,
l Director of the Physical Observatory
= of Paris.
f Most foreign governments were
represented by their Ministers Resi-
dent in Washington, and other mem
bers of the Legations. Brazil sent
DR.. Cruls, Director of the Observatory
!. of Rio de Janeiro; Mexico being rep
resented by AnguianO, head of~the
National Observatory, and Leandro
. Fernandez, a civil engineer, both ac-
! complished gentlemen. Japan sent
= sent Prof. Kikuchi, dean of the scien-
! tific department of the University of
! Toxic, graduate of the University
~.
and Russia each had three delegates,
> part of them diplomatists, and part
- SdVants. Turkey was represented by
- Rustem Effendi, Secretary of Lega-
= ton.
g Probably the most distinguished
member of the Conference, and the
:, one whose remarks carried the great
est weight, was Prof. Adams, the
= English astronomer, very unassnm-
= ing, sensible gentleman.
q The most NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
a delegate present was Admiral Rod
e gers, who was chosen President of the
n Conference, and discharged that duty
in an admirable manner. Mr.. Ruth
" erford, of the American delegation
# took the leading part in introducing
and defending the principal resOlu
: tions which were finally passed.
II Both the French and English Ian
. guages were used in the discussions
:, but the French speaking member
= were in the majority. All motions
: resolutions and statements by tn
- Chair were translated, but not thu
h speeches. Two stenOgraphers wer
- employed, one for French (who wa
\ procured from Canada) and one 70
i English. Three members of the Con
GO ference were appointed Secretaries
of DR.. Cruls, Gen. Strachey, and MI
- Jansen, assisted by Mr.. Peddrick
- Clerk in the Department of State. A
o every session proof-sheets of tn
=. printed protocols or minutes of tn
-, previous meetings in both Englisl
- and French were laid before us 70
80 correction. The Office of secretar.
- was no sinecure.
There were about two meetings
~ week, always commencing at 2. NJ
- The sessions were held in the Dip
- lomatic Hall of the State Department
- long room richly furnished, an
81 adorned with portraits of former Sec
n retaries of State.
10 The seats of the delegates were a.
~ ranged around long table, accordin
ha to the alphabetical order of the cour
%. tries which they represented. Whe
Ell vote was taken, the roll of the ns
- tions represented was called, eac
od nation casting one vote, which ha
a. always been the custom in such col
80 ferences.
-, A few scientific men of high repl
"a tation were invited to attend tn
of meeting, and to offer their opinion
-, on particular points, when special
- requested by the President, with tn
- unanimous consent of the delegate
- A motion to open the meetings
80. interested visitors was voted dowl
NJ the French delegates very properl
). observing that this was an officii
and confidential body, scientific,
ha was true, but also diplomatic, an
nor outside pressure might be very pref
Of dicial to its proceedings.
of a committee was appointed to r.
to ceive and report on communication
ia1 from outside parties. Some of theS
he were curious, e.g. Lieut.. Tolten, Z.