Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-21
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

The PEACE CONFERENCE.
A dispatch from The Hague says;
The Brussels conference sub-commit
tee OF the international peace confer
ence convened yesterday, Professor
De Martens, of the Russian delegation.
presiding. The drafting committees
report was amended in regard to award
ing greater protection to neutral States,
defining the rights of civil populations
to organize for resistance, and the
rights of armies as toward armed civil
ians. Ten clauses of the report were
adopted.
The report of the subcommittee will
now DE presented to me conference, and
it is believed that nearly all the powers
will adopt the new articles as basis
of instructions for armies when entering
the field.
The Geneva convention committee
held q plenary session yesterday to
consider the report of its sub commit
tee. Captain MahaD, of the American
delegation, again drew attention to the
omission of an article defining the
exact status oil wounded and ship
wrecked men falling into the sea dur
ing battle and picked up by neutrals
or by hospital ships. He also pro-
posed three additional articles, which
were referred to the drafting commit
tee.
The Persian delegate. General Mira
Riza-Khan, who is Persian minister to
Russia, moved to change the Red Cross
emblem to white flag with red sun
The plenary conference met to adopt
these additional articles, and appointed
committee to draw up general act
embodyiug the report of the Geneva
convention section. This is the first
definite result of the conference.
A dispatch from Washington says:
Private advices received here from a
high authority are to the effect that the
conference at The Hague probably will
be redeemed nominally from failure
through an agreement on an arbitra-
ton project that will satisfy the ap-
parently general demand on that point,
but which, at the same time, by careful
ly framed safeguards, will so narrow
The field OF matters that may or must
60 before the arbitration tribunal as to
make it little more than arbitration in
Game. The attitude of Germany ia
said to be only little in advance of
that of some of the other powers, after
all. in opposition to the plans submit.
led, and the disafection is more general
than appears on the surface. AS for
the other projects that were especially
desired by the Americans, such as pro-
lection of individual property from
seizure at sea, they have all been ire
deemably lost, according to this report.
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
Parade at s a. m. yesterday began
the second day of the commencement
exercises at the Virginia Military Insti.
tute. This was followed by guard
mounting. The fourth class held their
gymnasium drill in the Jackson Mem
oral Hall. The performance consisted
OF exercises with Indian clubs, dumb
bells and calisthenics. The gymnasium
team closed the morning exercises with
all 6ACCllcuu CntCi Va %1OAiHOh
tai bar acting, tumbling and parallel
bar exhibitions. The team was COM
posed of the following members: F. A.
Sullivan, Elkton, KY, class '99, whose
tumbIing and bar work was feature;
W. B. Montgomery, Lynchburg, class
1900, whose bar work was feature in
itself as he is considered one of the
finest athletes in the school; Llewelyn |
Powell, Alexandria, class '99, tumbling |
was his feature; J. W. Yates, Mark
ham, class 1873, tumbling, and 81. G.
Morrison, Gate City, class '99,
bar work. The artillery drill
took place on the parade ground in the
The regimental parade fol.
lowed.
The final german took place in the
gymnasium ball yesterday evening,
which was opened with Cadet 7. B.
McBee, OF Norfolk, with Miss Louise
Brockenbrough, of Lexington. About
fifty couples participated in the dance.
Many alumni are attending the COM
mencement. Alumni day will be ob-
served with elaborate ceremonies this
year. Sir Moses Ezekiel, graduate of
the institute, and who will furnish the
bronze statue in honor of the cadets who
took part in the battle at New Market,
himself at that time beinga cadet, will
possibly be in Lexington before the
commencement closes.
A committee is nog at work making
preparations for the erection On the pa
rsde ground at the institute of the
statue. More than 81, 900 have been
rails ed of the $1,000 necessary. Sir
Moses Ezekiel has offered to furnish
The statue for $1,000. He would get
SIC, 900 from anyone else, but on &C.
count of his love for his alma mater he
will reduce the price to the figures men
tioned.
a big strike is said to be imminent st
The Newport News shipyard unless wa
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