The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-05-26
WOMEN PEACENAKERS.
Their Resolutions Presented to the
President of Peace Conference,
CONSIDERING LAWS OF WARFARE

Both Sections of the Committee Meet
TO Consider the subIect-Americans
Insist on Discussing Matters Not
Mentioned by Count Muravien.
The Hague. May 26.-Mme. Selenka.
the famous peace advocate and pro-
motor of the woman's peace crusade,
yesterday presented to NJ. De Staal,
president of the peace conference and
head OF the Russian delegation, an
illustrated album containing the text
of resolutions in favor Of peace adopt
ed by meetings representing several
million women. The album was ac-
companied by an address "in the name
Of the women of 1S nations" saluting
the conference, assuring the delegates
of the faith of the memorialists in the
results of its labors, begging that the
hopes of the people might not be de-
ceived and that the conference would
decide that the evils Of war could be
cured. The address concluded as fol-
lows: "Yovr sisters, on behalf OF hu-
manity, appeal to you TO realize the
ideal of fraternity, in order that war
and tyranny may perish with the CEN
tury."
NJ. De Staal had written Nine.
Selenka that he could receive her for
five minutes, but he was so interested
that he kept her for half an hour.
Carmen sylvia" Queen Elizabeth OF
Roumania) contributed a poem to the
album, and Queen Wilhelmina sent
one of her secretaries to congratulate
| Nine. Selenka on the work of the as
sociations.
Both sections of the committee on
| the laws of warfare Of the peace con-
| ference met separately yesterday and
| began the examination of the subject
submitted to them, the Red Cross sec
ton discussing paragraphs 8 and G of
the circular of Count Muravieff, Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs, and
| the Brussels conference section dis
cussing paragraph Z.
Both sections met subsequently and
discussed the question of competence,
as regards the scheme for the revision
of the Geneva convention, known as
the Morgnier scheme
The Morgnier scheme comprises
notifications of the Geneva convention
in connection with wounded and sick
prisoners, members of the military hos
pital service, conveys for the wounded
ambulances, hospitals, property belong.
ing to neutralized persons, religious
and medical STATS and kindred sub
jects. The scheme applies equally tc
land and sea warfare
It was proposed to submit the
scheme to another committee for re
vision, and the question was then
raised whether the conference was
competent to deal with the matter
Those who took a negative view argued
that the conference had decided in
principle, and all the governments
represented had agreed, that nothing
should be submitted to the conference
beyond the eight points in the cir.
cular of Count Muravieff. They con
tended that if the conference once in.
fringed this rule a precedet would
be created leading to numerous diff
culties, including probably the spring
ing of the Armenian, Macedonian ant
similar questions upon the conference
1t was also pointed out by the oppo
nents of the proposal to refer that, in
asmuch as the Morgnier scheme deal
mostly with the wounded and will
hospitals, 1t would be impossible to dis
cuss the proposed notifications eff
fectively without the cooperation o
doctors, who alone would be capable
OF deciding many of the points in is
sue. As a matter of fact there is NJ
man of medical training among tn,
delegates.
The committee finally adjourned
without reaching a decision.
There is no truth in the statemen
that proposal has been submitted Il
the conference to abrogate the pro
visions of the declaration of Paris
1886, regarding the protection of pri
vate property in the time of war.