The age-herald., 1899-07-08
FULL TEXT OF
 THE PROPOSALS Peace Conference Gives Out Form Of
 Court of Arbitration. FOR MAINTENANCE OF PEACE Each Government Shall Name Four Mem
 berS for Six Years.
FOR MAINTENANCE OF PEACE
HEADQUARTERS AT THE HAGUE
A Permanent Council Will Be Charged With Establishing the Internation- al Peace Bureau as Soon as the
 Present Conference Adjourns

The Hague, July 7.-The third committee, sitting this morning at the Huis Ten Bosch, discussed the scheme for the media tion and arbitration convention drawn up by the Comite De Examine.
 Many of the delegates have only been &C., quainted with the proposals since yester- day and have not had time to consult their governments Consequently, it has been decided that when the committee adjourns today it will be until July IA, in order to allow the delegates week in which to con- suit. their governments and receive final instructions.
 The scheme is headed draft of conyen- ton for the pacific settlement of nterna- the maintenance of general peace. the sec ond part with arbitration.
 It consists of fifty-six articles. Those re- garding the constitution of the court itself are substantially identical with Sir Julian Pauncefotes original project.
 Clause 23 is interesting in that it provides that each signatory power shall designate within three months following the ratifica- ton not more than four recognized as com petent to deal with questions of interna- tional law who are ready to accept the of flee or arbitrators. The bureau will keep a list of the nominees who will be entitled to sit as members of the court and will report to the signatory powers all modification therein.
 Members will be nominated for six years and eligible to a renomination. In case of death or retirement of a member of the court vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original nomination.
 During the discussion the plenary com mittee amended article 8 so as to provide that when powers between whom there is a serious dispute accept mediation they cease all direct relations in regard to the disputed question which shall be considered exclu- sively referred to the mediatory powers.
 Three additional paragraphs regarding the permanent court were also adopted at the request of President Zorn of the Ger man delegation, Count Ngra, head of the Italian delegation and Sir Julian Paunce- fote, head of the British delegation as follows:
 Members of the permanent court shall enjoy and exercise all the functions Of diplomatic privileges and immunities
 "The bureau is authorized to place it's officers and organization at the disposal of the signatory powers for the proper exer- else of any special arbitral jurisdiction.
 "The signatory powers undertake to communicate to the bureau copy of any stipulation regarding arbitration decided be- tween them and all judgments of the per- manent court, and they undertake to com- municate to the bureau the laws, regula- tion and dOcuments setting forth the ex- ecution of judgments pronounced by the court"
 The Proposed Convention
 The proposed convention, without the changes made today, is as follows:
 Article l. With the object of preventing as far as possible recourse to force in in- ternational relations, the signatory powers agree to use all endeavors to effect by pa- cifc means a settlement of the differences which may arise among them.
 Article 2. The signatory powers decide that in case of sedtious differences or of conflict, they will, before appealing to arms, have recourse, so far as circum- stances permit, to the good offices or me- diation of one or several friendly powers.
 Article 3. Independently of this, the sig natory powers deem it useful that several of the powers not committed to the arbitra- tion scheme shall, on their own initiative offer, as far as circumstances permit, use their good offices for mediation to the con- tending states. The right of offering their good offices belongs to the powers not con- nected with the conflict even during the course of hostilties, which act can never be regarded as an unfriendly act.
 Article 4 The part of mediator consists in reconeing conflicting claims and appeasing resentments which may have arisen be- tween contending states
 Article g. The functions of medators cease from the moment 1t may be stated by one of the contending parties or by the