Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-06-08
NATIONS WILL JOIN HANDS.
Committee Mt The Hague Lays Plans for
Men to Live at Peace.

Men to Live at Peace.
THE HAGUE, June 6.-The arbitra-
ton committee of the peace conference
held a meeting today under the chair
manship of NJ. Leon Bourgeois. An
drew d. White, head of the United
States delegation; Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, head of the British delegation,
and NJ. de Staal, head of the Russian
delegation, with all the members of the
committee, We're present.
After NJ Bourgeois had made SYM
pathetic reference to the death of Miss
Roth, the daughter of DR.. Roth, head of
the Swiss delegation, who was killed
in railway accident last Thursday at
Flushing, the secretary of the drafting
committee read the draft scheme OF
mediation Ii had under discussion.
Articles and ii are declaratory-to the
effect that the signatory powers, in
order to prevent a recourse to force,
have agreed to effect pacific solutions
of differences and will, except in eX-
ceptional circumstances, before an APP
peal to force have recourse to the me-
diation of one or more friendly powers
Article iii states that independently
of recourse to such amicable means
the signatories deem it eXpedient that
one or more powers not concerned in
the conflict should offer of their own
initiative, and so far as circumstances
will permit, it's or their good offices
of mediation to the states at variance.
The right to offer good offices of medi-
alton belongs to powers not concerned
in the conflict, even during the course
of actual hostilities; and the exercise
m ri oil
by the parties at variance as an I'M
friendly act
ArIIcle iv provides that the role of
mediator shall consist in. the recon-
Citation Of conflicting claims and the
allaying of bitterness between states at
variance.
Article v, defining the limitation of
the function of mediator, says it shall
cease on the moment when it is stated
by one of the parties to the dispute, or
W the mediator, that the arrange
ments or the basis of friendly UNDER
standing proposed by him is not ac-
copied.
Article vi says that the end that the
good Offices contemplated, 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 vii asserts: Acceptance Of
mediation cannot have the effect, ex-
cept by virtue of a convention to the
contrary, of interrupting or retarding
or hampering mobilization or other
preparations for war. If mediation
intervenes after the opening Of hos
tilities it shall not interrupt, except by
virtue of convention to the contrary,
military operations in course of exc
cution."
Article viii: "The signatories are
to recommend in all circumstances
permitting it special mediation in the
following form:
I'm the event of grave differences
threatening peace the states at vari-
ance shall choose respectively power
to which each shall confide the mission
of entering into deliberations with the
power chosen by the side in order to
prevent a rupture of friendly relations.
During the period of their mandate,
wnic--, except in the event of a stipula-
ton to the contrary, shall not exceed
thirty days, the question in dispute
shall be considered as referred exclu-
sively to these powers. They shall
apply all their efforts to settle the dis
pute and in the event Of an actual
rupture of friendly relations shall re-
main charged with the mission to re-
sore peace"
The draft was adopted without modi-
fication, although the committee stated
that it should be subject to modifica-
tons at the second reading.