The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-06

an Niagara frontier within the county
sn Erie or Niagara, in the State Of Ne
s. York, in the year 1901, was approve
he March g. 1899.
v This Exposition, which will be hel
to in the city of Buffalo, in the near V
Is entity of the great Niagara catarac
$, and within a days journey of whic
er reside 40,O00,0O0 of our people, will
le confined entirely to the western hemIs
phere. Satisfactory assurances hav
= already been given by the diplomat
J. representatives Of Great Britain, MeXi
n co, the Central and South American
lie Republics, and most of the States 0
d the United States that these countrie
l. and States will make an unique, inter
d esting, and instructive exhibit, pecu
z. liarly illustrative of their materia
s progress during the century which il
e about to close.
:, The law provides an appropriation OF
f S5OO,O 600 for the purpose of making ar
O exhibit at the exposition by the Gov
: eminent of the United States from its
e executive departments and from the
D Smithsonian Institution and National
, Museum, the United States Commits
sion of Fish and Fisheries, the Depart
iiiNht VI I]dDol, dlIl lLG BUREAU VI Vie
American Republics. To secure a com :
plete and harmonious arrangement of
this Government exhibit. a Board of
Management has already been created,
and charged with the selection, pur-
chase preparation, transportation, ar
rangement and safe-keeping of the
articles and materials to be exhibited.
This Board has been organized and
has already entered upon the perform
ance of its duties, as provided for by
the laws, l have every reason to hope
and believe that this Exposition will
tend more firmly to cement the cordial
relations between the nations on this
4 continent.
| In accordance with an Act of Con-
gress approved December 81 1898, and
| under The auspices of the Philadel-
phia Commercial Museum, most in
| teresting and valuable Exposition of
| products and manufactures, especially
| adapted to export trade, WAS held in
| Philadelphia from the 14th of Septem-
Der to the list of December, 1899. The
representative character Of the exhib-
it's and the widespread interest mani
Tested in the special objects of the
undertaking afford renewed encour- |
agement TO those who look confidently |
to the steady growth of our enlarged |
expectation of manufactured goods, !
which has been the most remarkable
fact in the economic development of the !
United States in recent years A fea-
ture of this exposition which is likely
to become Of permanent and increasing |
utility to our industries is the collec>
ed in various countries with special |
reference to particular markets, pro-
viding practical object lessons to Unit
ed States manufacturers as to quail
ties, styles, and prices of goods such
as meet the special demands of con-
sumers and may be exported with adj
vantage.
In connection with the exposition an
International commercial Congress was
held upon the invitation of the Phila-
delphia Commercial Museum, trans
mitted by the Department of State to
the various foreign Governments, for
an exchange of information and opir-
ions with the view to the promotion of
International trade. This invitation
met with general and cordial accept
ance, and the congress, which began
its sessions at the exposition on the :
18th of October, proved to be of great [
practical importance, from the fact
that it developed general recognition {
of the interdependence of nations In [
trade and a most gratifying spirit of {
accommodation with reference to the t
gradual removal of existing impedi t
ments to reciprocal relations, without l
injury TO the industrial interests OF v
either party.
In response to the invitation of his
Majesty the Emperor of Russia, dele e
gates from twenty-six countries were
assembled at The Hague ON the 18th !
IF May, as members of a conference in G
he interest of peace. The Commission :
rom the United States consisted of the t
Hon. Andrew d. White, the Hon. Seth {
Low, the Hon. Stanford Newell, Cap O
ain Alfred T. Mahan. of the United l
States Navy, Captain William Crozier,
If the United States Army, and the
Hon Frederick w. Hollis, Secretary. o
The occasion seemed TO be opportune II
or serious consideration of a plan tor q
he pacific adjustment of international Il
differences, a subject in which the Am Il
rican people have been deeply inter- a
sted for many years, and definite II
project for permanent International a
tribunal was included in the instruc-
ions to the delegates OF the United r.
,tates. "
The final act of the conference in v
ludes conventions upon the ameliora- Il
ion of the laws and customs of war az
n land. the adaptation to maritime Il
rarfare of the principles of the Geneva cl
of 1864 and the extension T.
judicial methods to international pl
ases The convention for the pacific Ill
ettlement of international conflicts
mbodies the leading features of the Ell
.merican plan, with such modifica- ~
ions as were rendered necessary by in
he great diversity Of views and in til
srests represented by the delegates. al
he four titles Of the convention pro- be
ide for the maintenance of general CT
eace, the exercise of good offices and til
relation, the formation of Commits m
ons of inquiry and international ar su
itration. IN
The mediation provided for by the ie
invention is purely voluntary and adj co
sorry, and is intended to avoid any in ~
aston or limitation of the sovereign ZIG
ghts of the adhering States. The COM 81 81
issions of inquiry proposed consist Of '.o