Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-27
ITS WORK A Big SUCCESS
Views of W. 7. Stead and Others on Peace
Conference.
Ambassador White Declares the Re.
suits Beyond Anything mt First
Hoped For.

W. T. Stead gives the Associated Press
the following as his views regarding the
suits accomplished at the peace conference
at The Hague:
Il have seen the American delegates. and
they talked freely about the conference,
but refused to make statement about the
results before the conference rises. The
following. however, may be accepted as a
fairly accurate summary of the views they
entertain:
THE conference achieved a great success
much greater than the delegates antici-
pated-and the result was achieved largely
by the amour propre of capable men from
all parts of the world. determined to &C
complish something worth their assembling
together. The result surprised all of Them
and the magnitude of the gains is imper-
fectly understood. even by the conference
THE establishment of a permanent court
of arbitration on the American principle of
revision. plus the French declaration of the
duty OF neutralS, to recommend disputing
powers to resort to the arbitration court
rather than to war. represents vast pro-
gress in the evolution of human society
The recognition of the duty to represent to
disputants the desirabiiity of resorting to
the arbitration court entails no obligation
on the Americans inconsistent with their
traditional policy This is made absolutely
clear by the declaration signed by the
ference today and entered on the records
Mr.. Hollis Success.
Mr.. Low was busiy engaged today upon
the elaboration of the final act recording
the work of the conference. Mr.. Hollis has
| achieved position of influence much
g, eater than that of many of the first del
egates, and Capt Crozier is much admired
for his plucky fight in support of his amend
| ment to the Russian resolution on the dunn
dunn bullets.
Ihe relations between the American and
| other delegates, notably the English Ger
| man and Russian, has been extremely
| friendly The Englishmen and Americans
| acted throughout almost like joint dele
| cation. This was due to no arrangement OF
| direction, but solely because both nations
| found common ground of defense, common
| interests, civilization and humanity
THE only point on which the English del
| egates failed to support the Americans was
| the resolution forbidding the capture OF
| private property at sea. To this the Eng
| 1sh representatives We're not opposed, but
British opinion being divided, the delegates
mad no instructions regarding the matter
| and abstained from taking action.
| After the arbitration convention is sign.
| ed, it will probably be opened to the adhe-
! sion of all other powers not represented al
! the conference, on condition that orig
| inal signatory of the convention object
| This right to blackball any power wishing
| to join the convention was insisted upon BY
| Italy, in order to prevent the adhesion OF
| the pope, and by England on account of the
Transvaal. 1t Is hoped that all the South
| American states will come in.
/ 1T is the unanimous opinion of all the
| American delegates that the conference be-
| gins a new epoch, and that the good seed
| now sown will bear a rich harvest here
| after"
Results Summed I'D.
The correspondent of the London Times
at The Hague says: 1.-THE delegates to the
| International peace conference are quite
| buoyant at the unhoped-for results achiey.
ed. Sir Julian Pauncefote thinks that, de.
spite the failure of the disarmament plan
| 1t Will be difficult to continue ar-ming or
| the same scale as before while now that
| permanent court of arbitration is pro.
/ vided for at trifing cost conflicting states
| Will no more turn their backs on arbitra-
ton than would a hungry man fail to enter
a restaurant providing good. cheap fare"
The first act embodying the results of the
international peace conference, after enum-
Grating the names and qualifications of al
the delegates, says:
| IN series of meetings in (which the
| above delegates participated, inspired
| throughout by the desire to realize in the
/ highest possible measure the generous
| views of it's august initiator the conference
has drawn UP for the approval OF the re.