The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-18
PEACE CONGRESS
The Hague Brilliantly Decor.
ated in Honor Of the
Delegatea

The Hague May 17.-The city IS bril-
liautly decorated with foreign days. de-
noting tho various national headauart
crs. This evening NJ vankarnebook, for
mer Dutch minister % foreign arfairs.
gave dinner TO Introduce the foreign
delegates.
The reporters viii be admitted only 10
near the inaugural address oi A. De
Bourtort
sreat mass OF diplomatic documents
Will be submitted on these SUBJ, Is, doc
uments Including the memorandum oil
Prince Mettefnlcn OF Austria, ia 1916. &C..
sarllns inc suggestion Of Che prince reg
ent of England, supported by Alexander
First OF Russia. ior 1n International
peace conferences the opinions of David
DAdiey Field uf the United states, as To-
iiNing permanent limit as to military
forces; the argument OF A. Merlgnhac
In favor of simultaneous O.sarmument:
the proposals OF Napoleon the III TO con
woke a European peace conference "a
Paris In 1868 ana similar papers
The second commission VIII cunaIder tne
declarations Of the congress OF Paris.
los,, ANA the Geneva convention. l6g.
Nt+N "ififNNlfi'N hAtiAENN % hAH AtthNNA ENNa
voution of AGy the acts OF t.e 81. Peters
burg convention prohibiting the use OK
certain proIecules by clvinzeI nations,
the minutes of the Brussels conference Oh
1914, the suggestions Of the oxford man
uel regarding the laws and obaervances
of war. the rules Tor the bombardment
OF cities adopted by the Institute OF in
tcrnauonal law in Venice In 1886 the
| declarations OF ,rfilce and Groat Drltain
regarding the unadopted rules o. the Cen
eva convention; the views o. the Am
stcrdam chamber OF commerce, approved
by successive Netherlands foreign min
listers, urging the adoption OF the minutes
| OF the Brussels conference Of 1874 dealing
with the laws ana obsorVaHccs Of war.
which did not lead TO 40 conclusion OF
| any convention. and the circular oc,the
Dutch minister OF foreign a.....rs ia ISL,
relating 90 tho adoption OF tue principles
! OF ihViolability IN private property and
| urging a clearer definition the term
| "contrahand of war;
| The third commission viii consider the
| proposals of Lord Clarendon az the Paris
congress In 1866, Tor the ntermediation
Of friendly state previous to a recourse
TO force, the motion OF Selrnor 4nacirl
| in the allan chamber OF deputies in 1915
ia favor arbitration. the acts OF the Berlin
ana Zurich conferences on compton, ise
ana meditation, David Dudley Fields
| plan for am arbitration tribunal. the pro.
| posnls for au arUtration tribunal for the
| North, Central and South American
| States adopted in Washington ln 1880. the
| Marquis Salisbury letters To- Sir Julian
| Pauncefote n 1886 relating 20 the conelu-
I sion OF am arbitration treaty between
| Great Britain ami the United States. ana
the terms OF the ratified Anglo-Amerlcan
treaty and many similar documents.
NJ. DO stan viii open ,4o conference by
summarizing tho objects Oh the gatherine
ana oxprcssinng the confidence OF Eu
poror Nicholas that the powers WIN SUP
port The boneucicut work OF the confer
ence. After the appointment OF tho com
mission, the conference viii adjourn Tor
q week
The American delegate 1t Is Understood
WIN carefully abstain from mixing In
purely European questions. but viii take
an earnest part In tho discussion Of the
arbitration, and improvements n the Cen
eva rule giving also special attention to
tne abolition of prvateerlug and the ex-
omption Of all private property from
seizure, except contraband q war thia
poncy being the same as that adopted by
benjamin Franklin in negotiating the
treaty w.,h FREDERICK tho Great and ane-
cesaively urged by Presidents james Mon
roe. James buchanan. BENJAMIN Jarri-
son and Whaam Mckinley.
Berlin, May IT, The Loka1 Ana.I.sr
today prints an Interview with william
II. Stead who rec, uty Interviewed tbe
car for the second time. in which tho
/ q q st.
car read with much pains tha pam
phleta oc Prof stongel. ot Munich ami
vcrsity one of the German delegates ID
me peace conference. who defended war
and declared that eternal peace ough,
NOT 10 Boz the aim OF culture. The czarina
% appears also gro8tiy regretted that
the czars ideas had found such am an.
friendly echo lu her German home
lu the Russian official circles lt add
ed- Mr. stead found conviction mat
r Prof. atensers proposition meant O. sligh
10 Russia
Indianapolis. Mag l7-Tha cablogram of
3 Mrs Wright sewcl. president of the In.
r ternauonal council m Women % the The
Hague today reported resolutions ptesed
b at sixty eight different pelco M sting
= held in th. following states;
b California. rtlh iowa. Illinois. Mime
4 ! sota Michigan Oh4 Indiana, Georgia
p Rhode Island. New York AVID PsnuslY-
% yluia ana sl Washington D. e.
" Summarize of the reports show thai
"a Csc women were pr aoat at these meat.
incs reprsentng hy actual count of fhs
70 constituencies @.Hl Mrs seweli says;
"Wheu one considers the bret tima
less thau hire weeks since this partie-
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