Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

for the purpose of making an exhibit at
the exposition by the government from
us executive department and the Smith
sonlan institute and it's national muse
UNI, the United States commission of
Ish and tsneries. the department of la
Dor and bureau of American republics.
TO secure a complete and harmonious
arlA Augment of this government ex-
hibit, d board of Management has al
ready been created and charged with
the selection, purchase, preparation,
transportation, arrangement and safe
Keeping of the articles and materials to
De exiloited. This board has been or
sanlzed and has already entered on the
performance of it's duties as provided for
py the law. | have every reason to hope
ana believe that this exposition Will tend
more firmly to cement the cordial rela-
tons between the nations in this con-
tinent. In accordance with an act of
congress-, approved Dec. II, 1898, and
under the auspices OF the Philadelphia
commercial museum, a most interesting
and valuable exposition of products ant
manufacturers and esDeci;a ~ adapted
to export trade, was held in Philadelphia
from the 14th of September to the LIST of
December, 1899. The representative
character of the exhibits and the wide
spread interest manifested in the special
OBJECT OF the undertaking afford renew-
ed encouragement to those who look con-
1idently to the steady growth of our en-
larged expectation of manufactured
goods, which has been the most remark
able factor in the economic de-
v%elopnent of the United States in re-
cen years. \ feature of this exposition
which is likely to become of permanent
and increasing utility to our industries,
is the collection of samples of merchand-
Use produced in the various countries,
with special reference to particular mar
kets, providing practical obJect lessons
to United States manufacturers as to
qualities. styles and prices of goods such
as meet the special demand of consum-
ers and as may be exported with adj
vantage. In connection with the EXPOSE
ton an international commercial con-
gress was held on the invitation of the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum trans
mitted by the department of state to
the various foreign governments for
their views and recommendations. This
met with cordial acceptance and the
convention which began it's session at
the exposition on the 18th of October.
proved to be of great practical import
ance from the fact that it DEVELOPED a
general recognition of the in~ter-depend-
ence of nations in trade and a most gra-
tifying spirit of accommodation with ref
erence to the gradual removal OF exist
ing impediments to reciprocations, with
out injury to the industrial interests Of
either party.
TIE PEACE CONFERENCE.
In response to the invitation of his ma
jesty. the Emperor of Russia, delegates
from tWenty-siX countries were assem-
bled at The Hague on the 18th of May.
as members of a conference in the inter-
est of peace. The commission from the
United States consisted of the Hon. An
drew D.. White. the Hon. Seth Low. the
Hon. Stanford Newell. Captain Alfred II.
Mahan Of the United States navy, Capt.
VIM. T. Crozier, of the United States
army, and the Hon. Frederick w. Hollis,
secretary. The occasion seemed to be
opportune for the serious consideration
of a plan for the pacific adjustment of
International differences, u subject in
which the American people have been
deeply interested for many years, and a
definite project for a permanent internal
tional tribunal was included in the in
structions to the delegates to the United
States. The final act Of the conference
includes the convention upon the anlel-
ioration of the laws and customs of war
on land, the adaptation to naratime war
fare of the principles of the Geneva con-
vention of 1864 and the extension of jul
dicial methods of international cases.
The convention for the pacific settlement
of international conflicts embodieS the
leading features of the American plan,
! with such notifications as were rendered
necessary for the great diversity of
views and interests represented by the
delegates. The four titles of the conVen-
ton provide for the continuance of gem
eral peace, the exercise of good offices
and mediation, the formation of coInmis-
sions of inquiry and international arbi-
tration. The mediation provided for by
the convention provided for by the con-
vention is purely voluntary and advisory
and is intended to avoid any invasion of
limitation of the sovereign rights OF
the adhering states. The commissions on
inquiry proposed consist of delegations
to be specifically constituted for particu-
lar purposes by means of conventions be-
! tween the contesting parties, having for
their object the clear understanding of
international differences before resort
ing to the use of force.
The provision for arbitration contem-
! plates the formation of a permanent tri-
bunal before which disputed cases may
be brought for settlement by the mutual
consent of the litigants in each separate
case. The advantages of such a pefiaa-
ment tribunal over impromptu commits
sions of arbitration are conceived to be
the actual existence OF a competent
court. prepared to administer justice, the
greater economy resulting from a we'll
devised system and the accumulated jul
dicial skill and experiences which such Il
tribunal would soon possess.
While earnestly promoting the idea of
establishing a permanent international
tribunal. the delegation of the United
States was not unmindful of the incon-
| yeniences which might~arise from an OBJ
trusive exercise of mediation and in sign
ing the convention carefully guarded the
historic position of the United States by
the following declaration.
Nothing contained in this convention
shall be so construed Is to require the
| United States of America to depart from
it's traditional policy Of not intruding
upon interfering with or intangling it.
| self in the political questions or policy or
internal administration of any foreign
| state. nor shall anything contained in
the said convention be construed to
imply a REIMBURSEMENT by the United
States of America of its traditional atti-
tude toward purely American questions