Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-24
FENCE CONFERENCE LEADERS.
oar Delegate. Ambassador White
Given n Prominent Position.

Our Delegate. Ambassador White,
Given II Prominent Position.
TIE HAGUE, May 2S.-The chiefs of
.. delegations TO the peace conference
held a private meeting this morning at
,la House In the Woods" and made
arangements for a choice Of presidents
q the various committees.
The following is list Of the members
" Tho INST committee.
Honorary Presidcnts-COlnt Won Mum
stor. head o. the German delegation, and
Andrew j. White. head of the American
cation.
Effective Presidential. &c Beernaert,
head of the Belgian delegation.
lcc-Prcsldent-A. Il. G. Nankarnobeck,
head of the delegation Of the Netherlands.
It is divided into two sections-war and
marine.
Ia. second committee is constituted as
toWs.
SPAIN TO THE FRONT
Honorary Presidents-The Duke de
-..al. head OF the Spanish delegation;
-lrHI.u Pasha. head of the Turkish dele
l... and Count Won Welserschimb
heal ~ the Austrio-Hungarian delegation.
Uf .tiye President-ProfessOr de Maar-
t.s o, the Russian delegation.
This committee is also divided into two
s.Ious-Red Cross and Brussels con-
t-,aca.
Tho third committee is composed as
0Vs.
honorary resident-COunt Nigra, head
u. t.e Italian delegation and Sir Julian
Tll..af0te. head OF the British delega-
son.
Elective Presidential. Bourgeois, head
% ue French delegation.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The rree committees held their first
s. this afternoon, these being de
voted 'oy 20 inaugural formaities, and
.. Exchange Of ideas with regard 10 pro-
l...r. They Will meet again on Friday.
81 Oh. Staal head of the Russian dele
gallon. ll president of the conference,
attended me meeting Of the Arbitration
Committee.
MEASURES TO PRESERVE SECRECY.
Measures 10 preserve the secrecy of the
o..t.r lions have been redoubled. Both
entrances % the gardens are closed with
barred gates which are guarded by SEN
r.s under the command of non-cOmmis-
stoned officers in full uniform.
QUEEN WILHELMINA ARRIVES.
queen Wilhelmina, of the Netherlands,
mpaned by the Queen Mother, ar
tt.d this evening. and drove through the
--eeted by the populace. At 3 o'clock
morrow afternoon. the Queen will re-
GIVE the chiefs Of the various delegations,
who will be presented by NJ. dc Beaufort,
Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Emperor Nicholas has sent Queen Will
l.mina the order Of ST. Catharne, set In
l-orts.
INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION.
LONDON, May 24-The correspondent
q. ue Morning Post at the Hague. says.
lar question of International law is
-t-g Cd be discussed by the conference.
AL eminent professor says that internR-
ta.. ..l7diction has never been on
olr nized, despite the resolutions
f.... cngresses nor can an interna-
'ull .ament bind nations to enforce
lafs Ulnounced according to such law.
eide prepared for submission 10
i- Inference provides that the auto
i.r of nations Is inviolabe; that
t-. 81 no right Of conquest as between
them. that they possess the right of le
climate defence. and are subject to
t.e -ame principles Of law and equity
a. individuals; that no nation has a right
o. declare war upon another. and that
Disputes between nations are TO be set
ted by legal methods.
The colonial section of the code deals
With the formation of colonies 1t re-
csaizes their right 20 claim autonomy or
Sad pendence. though other nations ray
Intervene when. in their opinion, the adj
uir.etraton is unsatisfactory, or the
mother country does not heed colonial
presentations"