The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-29
ENGLISH POLITICS
Various Views OF the Results of
the Peace Commissions

tub Eeace commissions
(Copyright 1899 10y The Associated Pres.
London. May 21-Thc HOLIDAYS hav.
! oronught atagnaton iu politics. Mos q.
| lne public attention has been directed b.
| ne hague peace conference ana Che Am.
slo-Amorican commission. Tho p,per.
warmly approve of the unison OF tbs
| N"rk ot The American ana British dole.
gates at the conference ana Interest !,
Us quickened by thc prominence upav.
pectedly given to he arbitration otes-
ton. especially n view of Nj. De st,lrq
speech revers ng the order of the poipfs
sohmitted from that of the oir,7ilar of
the Russian minister ot foreign ,r,frs
Count MuravIen giving arbitration tbe
hrst place and making only a minor rar
erence 90 disarmament which was AZ
hrst hlazoned as the main purpose of the
conference. Tho cz1~'s scheme. prcsept,d a
ON Friday. is very elaborate and detailed
while the American project Is attractive
in ats business Ike brevity and simpli--
ity. The Daily News correspopdept at
Tho Hague says It appears 10 give q sat
lstactory solution OF the problem pre-
sented by the ear and that Great Bri.-
ain Of course will support the American
project. fhe scheme OF Prof Martens
professor ot International law at the uui-
Nersity of 81. Petersburg and arbitrator
of the AnElo-Nenezuelan arbitration c,m.
MISSION is said 90 contain the code ot
procedure which will be adopted bv tho
Venezuelan arbitration tribunal at any
rate Three of the five judges have dccid
CO. 20 conduct the trial under its rule.
when the tribunal meets in Paris.
The Numbers of the Russian aristocracy
seem To have at last awakened Co a fun
sense of the gravity of the situation ami
money IS beginning TO flow ln on an Sides
for the relief of the starving MpuGks.
Unfortunately charity IS almost too late
Tho censor at first prevented the truth
from being published by the Russ an
press Now that the facts vi allowed
TO appear, the famine spect, ,s stalking
through the land. Some authorities e5tt-
G,ato that as many as twenty million oil
the peasants are starving The Rev. Mr.
Francis, pastor OF the Briush-American
church at 81 Petersburg who did mucb
TO secure British and American aid dur-
ing the last famine, appeals e. me British
public today. lie says seven provinces
covering 10 01j square miles are effected
and that ave million people are famine
stricken and Will need to be fed during
'hc next three months lie adds that q @
czar czarina. Russian government and
Die Rcd Cross and other bodies have sub
-u ibed many inions OF rubles. but that
3 $4,000 pouuu- is stn required.
The StatHt says an attempt Is being
made in London 20 raise a. Russian rail
road loan of threc million pounds at por
cent and at issues Of the price OF 90
The paper then advises the investors aotl
t3 furnish Russia with money TO "carry
ON her anu-Briush policy Ia china"
The admiralty hydrogropner has created
"a scare by reporting that the prncipa.
channel estuary Of the Thames IS Ia dan
ger of sitting mp, has already been redIc-
ed from a mle and "a half to hale amle
in breadth and that here is little more
than 10 feet OF water on the bar at low
tide
The total obmterauou Of tho channel
would cntaH "A long circuit for vessels
entering and leaving the Thames and
radical changes in lights and buoys
A great demonstration is being prcpar-
ed In honor OF NJ ior Marchand on his
arrival i'm Parts o. next Monday Thc
military club where the African eNplor-
cr will stay, i- 10 ambitiously decorated.
G.moral ZurlIndcn. the military governor
of Paris. has arranged for delegations oi
ail arms Of the army and navy to receivo
the ma i0r at the club. Everybody irea-
,ut viii be ln uniform. so the event Will
be one of the most brilliant receptions
ever seuln Parts The poiuo have pre-
pared TO cope with attempts to arouse "a
Of the Boulanger craze All See
ditjous emblems viii be seized Major
Marchand, howvev is not des.rous of
playing the role Of a. second Boulangsr.
ills father tas received letter from him
saying.
1.-The news that some sort ~ grand
iosc reception is iustOre fills me with
disappointment not uumlngled with disc
daln Ny sword belongs only to my
country, ] wdl never dihonro it by play
ing the gamo of "a few factiouH individ-
uals"
II is certain there Will bo stirring
scenes in Paris on Monday. however, AS
Major Marohond's reception follows tine
meeting Of the court of cassati1n TO cone
slider tho report OF tho president of the
cidl soctIn Of that body. in favor of
revision OF the Dreyfus trial and the
trial OF Mn. Deroubele ard Mnrcl iia-
bert for incitlng soldiers TO iusubordiua-
ton in connection with the election of
President Loubet
Samuel T.. Clemens mark Twain rec
turns to England early in Jmo lie VIII
be dinned by the authors club on Juno
u and WIN be tho guest Of Pouitncy
Blgelow