Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-06-13
M ERNATIoNAL ARBITRATION.

Peace Conference at Paris Attracting
Great Intarest-Labor Congress to Meet
in Switzerland.
LONDON, June 12.-Humanitarian III
England are looking forward with great
expectations to the conference which
will be held in Paris on the 10th and
30th of this month in the interests OF
peace on earth and good will to all men.
There is some ground for attaching
greater Importance to this gathering
than to an ordinary peace congress, as
this will be made up entirely Of legisla-
tors of the countries represented, men
not only with influence in shaping the
policy Of their own country. but who
have voice in the directing Of that pol
icy. Many members of the British par
lament and French senators and depu-
ties. at whose instance the congress is
called, will be present and quite num-
ber of American Legislators have also
signitied an intention to attend. The
aim of the congress is to provide plan
for the arbitration OF disputes between
nations and in this way avoid the possi-
bilities of wars.
Another Congress
which will assemble in Berne, Switzer-
land. in the near future. is looked for
ward to with considerable interest. This
is the labor conference to which every
European government has been invited
to send representative. There has been
much doubt expressed as to whether the
government of great Britain would con-
descend TO take part in a gathering of
this sort, but Sir James Ferguson, under
foreign secretary. now announces that
H., md
representative, although to certain ex-
tent, be will 90 with his hands tied He
will not be allowed to discuss any pro-
posal either to limit the hours of adult
male labor or to restrict productions.
Labor leaders here are thankful that
they have even this concession from the
government, although they would have
preferred it if the English representatives
had been allowed to go untramelled,
and free to convince his colleagues, II he
could, OF the correctness OF the English
~iew.--A. it i, he will not be able even
to discuss these important questions
which will undoubtedly occupy a large
share Of the attention of the congress.
GLADSTONE RAS A WORD TO SAY.
Some Important Assertions Made by
Henry CIews Denied by the Veteran.
statesman. sr.
New YORK, June l2.-ienry Clews,
who some time ago sent q copy OF his
Thirty Years in Wall Street, to Mr..
Gladstone at London, has received a let
ter from that gentleman from which the
following is an extract:
Having expressed my interest in the
portions Of your work which I read on
the day of its arrival, think it would
be less than ingenious if l did not, after
reading what relates to the cabinet of
Lord Palmerston. make some reference
to it. Let me assure you that as far as
that cabinet is concerned that you have
been entirely misiead IS to matters Of
fact. Asa member of it and now nearly
its sole surviving member. l can state
that it never at any time, dealt with the
subject of recognizing the Southern
states in your great civil war, excepting
when it learned the proposition of the
Emperor Napoleon Ill, and declined to
entertain that proposition, without quail
ification, hesitation, delay or dissent.