The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-27
GERMANY FALLSN line
Will Accept the Anglo-American
.... Arbitration Scheme.
RUSSIAN PROPOSALS REJECTED.

Col. Schwarzhof's Speech the Great
est Sensation of the Conference.-The
vigorously Attacks the Plan of Dis
armament Urged by the Russians.
London, June 27.--The correspond
ent of The Daily News at The Hague
says: "The German delegates today
privately informed their colleagues
that they had received instructions to
accept the principle of permanent
tribunal of arbitration as outlined in
the Anglo-American plans. This and
the speech of Colonel Gross Won
Schwarzhoff, plainly intimating that
Germany had made up her mind
against the Russian idea of disarma-
ment and had reached the conclusion
that the time had arrived to tell the
world so, are the two great events of
the whole conference. Neither has
been published as an official act of the
German government, but everybody
knows that Germany will not receda
from the position thustaken up.
Yesterday interviewed many dele
gates, some friendly to Germany,
others hostile They were unanimous
in declaring the Schwarzhoff speech
smashing blow, pulyerizing the argu-
ment of General Don Beer Poortuegal
and Colonel Jilinski. The effect was
tremendous within the conference
when schwarzhoff pointedly exclaim-
ed: Germany is not ruined. On the
contrary, her wealth, contentcdness
and standard of life Che used these
English words) are daily increasing.
Altogether his speech was the great
est sensation of the conference hither-
to, nobody expecting Germany to re-
ject the Russian proposals in 81
brusque and unconditional manner
When the disarmament proposals
came on the first feeling of most OF
the members was to reject everything
forthwith. M. De Staal, seeing this,
went up to the chairman and asked
him to propose subcommittee. On
the division all the delegates voted for
the postponement of the consideration
of military disarmament until after
the report of the subcommittee, eX-
cept those of Germany and Austria,
who voted for its immediate consider
ation which would have meant i'm
mediate rejection The Swiss dele
gate abstaned from voting, and the
United States at first sided with Ge"
many, but Captain Crozier was finally
| talked over, and he voted with the ma
jority.
Colonel Gross Won Schwarzhoff
spoke for over half an hour with over
MI Ija cnpaph
considered admirable, and the mem-
| bers of the conference predict that he
has a future. He said the reduction
of peace forces in no way implied a
corresponding reduction of offensive
power. These forces might be kept
stationary and country still be IN
creasing its offensive power Length
of military service, service by deputy,
railways, rapidity Of mobilization and
economical conditions were all factors
making up the military strength OF
country, and to take one term only OF
the problem and to argue that reducing
forces all round would leave the vari-
ous countries On the same relative foot
ing toward one another as before, how
ever plausible 1t might appear to an
OulSlQcT, WdS u lH5 hlllitHIy cApclI
so manifest an absurdlty that he (the
speaker) wondered it had been put
forward. presumably in earnest
1.-The Russians he said, call ST.
IBERIA a colony, but in an European
war they would bring every Siberian
regiment to Europe by rail-
''When the Gereman delegate sat
down everybody thought what will the
poor Russians say, and the reply OF
Colonel Jilinski showed that they were
lamer than 5sseryS Indeed, one notice
able feature of the conference is the
utter inferiority of the Russians in de-
bate. Perhaps it is Snly an accident,
but not a single member of the Rus
sian delegation, Professor De Martens
not excepted, seems able to fight a
controversy before a couple of dozen
persons. The Russian case may be
strong or weak. but they do not appear
to know their brief. This has struck
even the neutral delegates. If military
disarmament halts, naval disarmament
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