Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-01
COUNT NIGRA SUBMITS SIX To THE
GLARS CONFERENCE.
ARE ITALY'S AMENDMENTS
RUSSIAN SCHEME NOT sATIsFACTo-
RY TO HUMBERT.
Delegates Continue to Disagree on
Questions Relating to New In
yentions In Armament
Americans Present
Their Plan.

THE HAGUE. May S1.-The amendment
of Count Nigra. head of the Italian dele
CATION to the peace conference. to the Rus
sian arbitration scheme proposes the fol-
lowing articles:
First-ln the event of immnence of a
conflict between two or more powers. after
the failure of all attempts at conciliation
by means of indirect negotiations, the
contending parties be obliged TO have re-
course TO mediation or arbitration in cases
indicated by the present act.
Seoond-All other cases of mediation or
arbitration will be recommended BY the
signatory powers, but will remain optional
Third-Each of the signatory powers not
involved in the conflict has in all cases.
even during hostilities, the right to offer
the contending parties its good offices or
mediation, or to propose that they have
recourse 10 the mediation of another pow
er equally neutral, or to arbitration. This
cannot be considered by either of the con-
tending parties as an unfriendy act, even
in case where mediation or arbitration,
not being obligatory, could be rejected
Fourth-A demand for, or offer of, media
ton takes precedence of d proposal for ar
bitration, but arbitration may or must be
proposed, according to the circumstances,
not only when there is no demand
offer of mediation, but also when media
tion would have been rejected or would not
have led to conciliation.
Fifth-A proposal of mediation or arbi-
tration, until formally accepted by all the
coniending parties, can not, unless there be
a convention to the contrary, have the ef-
feet of interrupting or delaying impend-
ing mobilization or other preparatory meas
ures or military operations.
SiXth-RecourSe to mediation or arhitra-
N will | iS
tory in the cases of -. A blank space
follows the words eases off, to be filled in
by Count Nigra, later.
Both sections of the disarmament COM
mittee met to-day and, as was anticipated,
failed to agree with regard to the questions
of new inventions in atmaments.
The drafting committee of the arbitration
committee made some advance this after
noon. The American delegates submitted
their scheme relating TO an arbitration tri-
bunal. The plan differs from the British
proposal. 1t provides that each country
shall appoint a single arbitrator, to be Sc
| lected by the supreme courts of the sig
natory powers. The tribunal shall have a
permanent central seat and be composed
of at least three judges, who shall not be
natives or residents of countries belonging
| to the powers in disacCord.
The general expenses shall be shared pro-
portionately. In the event of new facts
| arising within three months of decision,
the same tribunal shall have power 10 try
again the questions in dispute. Recourse
to the tribunal shall be optional for the
signatory powers. The tribunal shall not
take cognizance of any dispute until as
sured that the parties concerned will ac-
cept its decision.
The convention shall come into force and
the tribunal be established when nine pow
ers, eight or whom shall be European OF
| American and four of whom shall be sig
natories of the declaration of Paris, 1856
shall have adhered to the convention.
Apart from the above project, the Amer
leans proposed a special scheme of media
ton, providing that in the event of a diff
ference arising between two powers, each
shall choose another power TO act as its
second The powers thus selected shall dc
all they can to reconcile the opponents
These seconding powers shall, even wher
war has broken out, continue their efforts
with view of ending hostilities as soor
as possible