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ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS.
DELEGATES TO TUE CONFERENCE
ARE SATISFIED.

Sessions SisnaIiEed by the Perfect
Accord With Which Americans
Worked With the Representative
Powers-EnGIand and the United
stntes Together on All Questions
Save One-0ther Powers Not Rep
resented May Come in.
Copyright. 1893 by ihe Associated Press)
(William T. Stead on Peace Conference)
The Hague. July 25.-I have seen the
American delegates, and they talked free
ly about the conference but refused to
make a statement about the results before
the conference rises. The Following, how
ever may be accepted as Il fairly acou-
rate summary of the views they entertain:
The conference achieved great success
much greater than the delegates antci-
pated-aud the result was achieved largely
by tha amour propre of capable men from
all parts of the world, determined to ac-
complish something worth their assem-
bling together The result surprised all
of them.
1.-The establishment of a permanent court
of arbitration ON the American principle
of revision, plus the French declaration
of the duty of neutrals to recommend dis
putting powers TO resort q the arbitration
court rather than to war, represents vast
progress in the evolution of human So
ciety. The recognition Of the duty to rep
resent 10 disputants the desirabiHty of
resorting TO the arbitration court entails
no obligotlcl on the Americans inconslst-
ent with their traditional policy. This is
made absolutely clear by the declaration
signed by the American delegation, read
in full at the conference to-day and en-
tered on the records.
"Mr Low was busily engaged to-day
upon the elaboration of the Gnal act re-
cording the work of the conference. Mr
| Hollis has achieved a position Of influence
much greater than that Of many Of the
first delegates, and Capt. CrOz.er is much
admired for his plucky fight in support OF
his amendment to the Russian resolution
on the dumdum bullet.
The relations between the American
and other delegates. notably the English
| German and Russian. nave been extreme
! ~ friendly. The Englshmen and Amer
| cans acted throughout almost like join
| delegation. This was due to no arrange
/ ment or direction, but solely because botl
nations found common ground OF defense
| common interests, civilization and human
! ity.
The only point on which the English del
egates failed to support the American
was the resolution forbidding the captur
| of private property at sea. To this th'
/ English representatives were not opposed
but British opinion being divided, the del
egates had no instructions regarding tn,
matter and abstained from taking action
After the arbitration convention is sign
ed, il will probably be opened to the ad
hesion of oil other Powers not represented
at the conference, on condition that NJ
original signatory Of the convention oh
jeci. This right to biackball any power
| wishing to JON the convention wal
insisted upon by Italy in order TO preven
| the adhesion of the Pope and by Eng
land on account Of the Transvaal. 1t d
hoped that all the South American state
| viii come in.
1t is the unanimous opinion among tn,
| American delegates that the conference be
! gins a new epoch and that the good see,
now sown viii bear a rich harvest here
| after