Evening journal., 1889-09-13
LAST EDITION
GEORGE H. BATES AT-.HomE.
Incidents of His Trip and of the Samoan
Conference.

ban conference at Berlin, arri we'd at his
home in this city last evening. de ar
rived at New York on Wednesday oven
ing on the steamship City of New York
Mr. Bates left this city in April last, his
wife and one son, Daniel NJ Bates, &C
companying him to Germany. He returned
home alone; his wife and son will follow
on the next trip of the City Of New Yorks
Mr.. Bates was at his law office this
morning, and was kept busy receiving the
greetings of his friends who dropped in
to welcome him home. He states that
return voyage was pleasant until they
reached the vicinity of the coast when
bad weather was encountered. The
weather on Wednesday was very stormy
and the passengers were glad to get
ashore in the evening.
The work of the conference was labor
ious, the weather hot, and the mental
and nervous strain so great that at
It's close, all were pretty well
used up. 1t lasted nine weeks and the
effect was that Of trying a case at law.
lasting the same length of time. At its
close Mr.. Bates and bis family went to
Ems, the noted watering place in Prussia,
where they remained for some time re.
operating from the wearisome labors Of
the conference. Two or three days were
spent in Switzerland visiting friends and
also paid a visit to Nuremburg, The
remainder Of the time was spent in Lon
don and Paris. Mr.. Bates made short
business visit to Amsterdam.
Mr.. Bates is looking well. but was tired
this morning, from the efforts of hard
day work in New York yesterday, look
ing after trunks and baggage. While he
was conversing with the EVENING
JOURNAL reporter, he picked
up favorite corn cob pipe and softening
up some tobacco in il, lit it with the
remark. II don't suppose there is much
smoke in it. 1t has been there ever
since | went away.
In reference to the Samoan treaty, Mr..
Bates could not talk 1T is a secret,
ana not treaty until it has been ratified
by the Senate, said he, as Mr.. Kasson
said. i have diplomatic paddock on my
lips. He talked freely about the mem.
bers of the conference and the work.
He said that the Berlin conference was
the first diplomatic conference in the
world where the English language
was spoken. On the first day
the conversation was carried on
in French, but after that at the sugges-
tion of Mr.. Kasson, himself a good
French scholar, the English language was
used All the members of the commits
SlOn SpOkE HI6uGu. anu DdIHS con-
siders this incident significant one,
emphasizing the fact that English is rap
idly becoming the dominent language of
the world. Both the English and Ger
man commissioners were able, expert
enced men. The members Of the English
commission were all connected with the
diplomatic service.
Sir E. Mallet, the head of the commits
sion, is thoroughly trained diplomatist
and man Of even temper and good
judgment. Mr.. Crow another member,
is eminent as one of the two or three
great art critics of the world He is also
the commercial agent for Great Britain
for all of Europe, thus euriously combin.
ing the faculty of a remarkable insight
into art and an immense practical
financial and commercial experience. The
criticisms of famous pictures in most
of the guide books are extracts from his
book on art. The third member Of the
English Commission was Mr.. Scott, the
British Minister at Berne, Switzerland,
formerly Secretary Of Legation at Berlin.
The members of the German commits
sion were Count Herbert Bismarck,
Baron Holstein and Dr. Kraull Mr.
Bates considers Count Bismarck not only
the son of his father, the great chancellor
but himself man of vigorous intellect
and sufficient ability to FIJI his position.
He speaks English fuently, and other
members of the German commission
speak it we'll Baron Halstein
is prominent officer of the
German Foreign office and DR.. Krauel like
Mr.. Bates was one of the repositories of
fact, he having spent some time in
Samoa. Mr.. Kasson and Mr.. Phelps, Mr..
Bates's compeers on the United
States Commission are too well
known to need more than mention. Mr..
Bates's relations with them were of the
most pleasant character The secreta-
ries of the American Commission were
Lieutenants Buckmaster and Parker of
the navy.
THE work of the conference was
mostly in meetings of committees, con
sisting of one member from each
commission. Only nine meetings
of kthe conference were held at which
the conclusions of the committees were
adopted. Mr.. Bates thinks that the
Samoan disaster, touching intimately as
it did, both nations, tended to produce a
better state of feeling than had pre-
viously existed
Mr. Ba' es said he was particularly irs
terest cd ia the Municipal regu atoms OF
European cities, especially in Berlin.
where perfection seems to have been
cured in results The Johnstown
disaster made deep impress sion in Europe.
They think that even in disasters
America does things on large scale.
When in Ems Mr.. Bates met ladv and
gentle nan from Philadelphia. who were
in the car of the express in which BESSIE
Bryan was lost. They only csc ped by hur-
rying directly from the trail when the
alarm was given.
The Am rican newspaper representa-
tives in Berlin were Disguised with the
commission, as they obtained abso-
lutely nothing regarding the treaty
from any of the members The
alleged treaty printed by the New
York World was not anything like the
true treaty.
Mr.. Bates met on his homeward voyage
Chauncey NJ Depew, Senator John Sher-
man aud others with whom he had many
pleasant conversations.
DIED IN A HORSE STALL.
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