The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-06

conference With Favorable Rec
ommer-btion From the Commit
tee Having 1t in Hand-PIan Is
the AnglO-American Idea.
THE HAGUE, June 5.-The arbitration
committee of the peace conference held a
meeting today under the craftsmanship of
NJ. Leon Bourgeois. Andrew n. White,
head of the United States delegation; Sir
Julian Pauncefote, head of the British
delegation, and M. de Staal, head of the
Russian delegation, with all the members
of the committee, were present.
After M. Bourgeois had made a sym
pathetic reference to the death of Miss
Roth, daughter of DR.. Roth, head of the
Swiss. delegation, who was killed in a
railway accident last Thursday, at Flush
ing, the secretary of the drafting COM
mittee read the draft of the scheme of
mediation it had under consideration
Articles l and are declaratory-to the
effect that the Signatory powers, in Or
der to prevent a recourse to force, have
decided to effect pacific solutions of diff
ferences, and will, except in exceptional
circumstances, before aH-Sppeal to force,
have recourse to the mediation of one or
more friendly powers
Article 3. Independently of re-
course to such amicable means, the sig
natories deem it eXpedient that one or
more powers not concerned in the con-
fiict should Offer of it's or their own in
itiative, so far as circumstances will per-
init, its, or rather their, good offices of
mediation to the states at variance. The
right to offer good offices of mediation
belongs to the powers not concerned in
the conflict, even during the course of
actual hostilities; and the exercise of
this right can never be considered by the
parties at variance as an unfriendly act -
Article provides that the role of med
OF conflicting claims, and the allaying
OF bitterness between states at variance.
Article 5, defining the limitation of the
functions of mediator, says these shall
cease on the moment when 1t is stated
by one of the parties to the dispute or
by the mediator that the arrangements
posed by him are not accepted.
Article says that the good offices con-
templated, either at the instance of the
parties at variance or on the Initiative of
uninvolved powers, are exclusively of the
character of friendly counsel.
Article asserts: Acceptance of med
fation cannot have the effect, except by
virtue of a convention to the contrary,
OF fnterrupting or retarding or hamper
Ing mobilization or other preparations for
war. II mediation intervenes after the
opening of hostilities it shall not inter-
rupt, except by virtue of u convention
to the contrary. military operations in
course of execution
Article 8. THE signatories are in ac-
cord to recommend, all circumstances
permitting it, special mediation in the
following form: In the event of grave
differences threatening peace, the states
at variance shall choose respectively a
power to which each shall confide the
mission OF entering into deliberations
with the power chosen by the other side,
In eLder to prevent a ruptfe of friendly
relations during the, currency of their
nandate, which, except in the event of
stipulation to the contrary shall not
exceed thirty days, the question In dis
pute snail be considered as referred ex-
cfuSlVeiy to these powers. They shall
apply all their. efforts to settle the dis
pute, and In the event of an actual rup-
lure OF. friendly relations shall remain
charged with the mission of taking adj
peace" 1912 ~ Y
The draft was adopted without modif-
cation, although the committee stipulated
that 1t should be subject to modification
at the second reading