Hutchinson gazette., 1899-06-29
CERMANYS ATTITUDE
She win Not Agree TO Limit Her
Naval Strength,
AGAINST IDEA OF DISARMAMENT.
sho, However. Agrees 90 she Principle
OF q Permanent Tribunal OfArbl-
trAtiOn Proposed by Sir
Julian PauneeiOto,

tlvea and budgets. Colonel Gross Won
Bchwarzhoff, OF the German delega-
ton, declared that GeI many could not
enter into any engagement not TO in-
crease her naval and military efec-
tives.
The committee referred the Russian
proposals TO the special committees
of the naval and military sub'com-
mittees.
The drafting committee on arbitra-
tion adopted the first reading of the
proposed code of procedure on Nrbi-
tratlon. The vote on the second read
ing will occur Friday, when the sec
ond reading Of the permanent arbitra-
tion proposal, based on the scheme OF
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the head Of the
British delegation, will occur.
London, June 27.-The correspond
ent of the Daily News ut The Hague
says;
"The German delegates today pri-
vately informed their colleagues that
they had received instructions to ac-
Cept the principle of permanent
tribunal Of arbitration as outlined in
the Anglo-American plans.
"This and the speech Of Colonel
Gross Won SchwOZhoff, plainly inti-
mating that Germany had made up
her mind against the Russian idea Of
disarmament and had reached the con-
clusion that the time had arrived TO
tell the world 80, are the two great
events OF the whole conference.
Neither has been published as an Of
fetal act of the German government,
but everybody knows that Germany
will not recede from the position thus
taken up.
Today ! interviewed many delegates,
some friendly to Germany, others hos
tile. They were unanimous in declar-
ing the Schwarzhoff speech smash
ing blow, pulverizing the argument Of
General Den Beer Poortugael and
Colonel Jilinski, The effect was tre-
mendous within the conference when
6chwarzhof pontedly exclaimed:
Germany Is not ruined. On the con-
trary her wealth, contentedness and
standard of life are daily increasing
Altogether his speech wns the
greatest sensation of the conference,
hitherto nobody expecting Germany
TO reject the Russian proposals in so
brusque and unconditional manner.
"When the disarmament proposals
came on, the first feeling Of most Of
the members was to reject everything
forthwith. M. De Stnal, seeing this,
went up to the chairman and asked
him TO propose substitute commit
tee. On the division all the delegates
voted for the postponement Of the con-
sideration Of military disarmament
until after the report OF the sub-com-
mittee, except those of Germany and
Austria, who voted for its immediate
consideration, which would have
meant immediate rejection. The Swiss
delegate abstained from voting and
the United States at first sided with
Germany: but Captain Crozier was
finally talked over and he voted with
che majority.
Colonel Gross Won Schwarzhoft
spoke for over half an hour with over.
powering frankness. His speech was
considered admirable, and the mem
bers of the conference predict that he
has future. He said the reduction of
peace forces in no way implied cor
responding reduction Of offensive
power. These forces might be kept
stationary and country still be in-
creasing its offensive power. Length
OF military service, service by deputy,
railways, rapidity'of mobilization and
economical conditions will all be fac
tors in making up the military
strength OF the country; and to take
one term only of the problem and to
argue that reducing forces all around
would leave the various countries on
the same relative footing oward one
another as before, however plausible
1t might appear to an outsider, was to
the military expert so manifest an
absurdity that ne (the spealer) won,
dered 1t had been put forward, pre-.
sumably in earnest.
"The Russians. he said, call Siberia
n colony, but in European war they
would bring every Siberian regiment
10 Europe by rail.
when the German delegate sat
6own, everybody thought what will
the poor Russians say and the reply
of Colonel Jilinski showed that they
were lamer than ever. Indeed, one
noticeable feature Of the conference 10
the utter inferiority Of the Russians in
debate. Perhaps IT is only an acci-
dent; but not single member Of the
Russian delegation. Professor De Mar.
tens not excepted. seems able to fight
q controversy before couple of dozen
persons. The Russian case may be
strong or weak, but they do not ap-
pear to know their brief This has
struck even the neutral delegates