The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
PROGRESS WAS MADE
WILLIAM t. sTEAD's SUMMING. TIP
OBJ THE WORK OF THE PEACE
CONFERENCE
PROMINENCE OF AMERICANS

Hague Had Much to Say and M
In Accomplishing All That Wa.
Done-sIr. Stead Considers That
Great Progress Was Made Toward
Betterment of War Conditions,
copyright by the Associated Press
IaE HAGUE, July @.-'T have seen
the American delegates and they talked
freely about the conference. but refused
10 make statement about the result
until the conference rises. The follow
ing, however, may be accepted as
Tairly accurate summary of the views
they entertain: The conference achieved
great success-much greater than the
delegates anticipated-and the result was
acnleVed largely by the amour propre
OF capable men from all parts Of the
world determined to accomplish some
thing worth their assembling together
The result surprised all of them and the
magnitude of the gains is imperfectIy
understood even by the conference. The
establishment of a permanent court of
arbitration on the American principle of
revision, plus the French declaration of
the duty of neutrals to recommend dis
putting powers to resort to the arbitra-
ton court rather than to war, represents
vast progress in the evolution Of human
society. The determination of the dutv
OF impressing upon the disputants the
desirability of resorting to the arbitration
court, entails no obligations on the
Americans inconsistent with their tradi-
t1onaI policy. This is made absolutely
clear by the declaration signed by the
American delegates, read in full at the
conference today and entered on the rec.
ords.
MI. Low was busily engaged today
upon the elaboration of the final act.
recording the work of the conference.
Mr.. Hollis has achieved a position of in.
huence much greater than that Of many
of the first delegates, and Capt. Crosier
is much admired for his plucky fight in
support Of his amendment to the Rus
sian resolution on the dunn dunn bull
let
The relations between the American
and other delegates, notably the English
German and Russian, has been extreme.
ly friendly. The Englishmen and Amer
leans acted throughout almost like a
JOInL oeleSatlOn. This was due to no
arrangement or direction, but solely be-
cause both nations found common ground
OF defense, common interests, civiliza-
ton and humanity.
The only point on which the English
delegates failed to support the Americans
was the resolution forbidding the cap
ture of private property at sea. To this
the English representatives were not OBJ
posed, but British opinion being divided
the delegates had no instructions re-
garding the matter, and abstained from
taking action.
After the arbitration convention is
signed it will probably be opened to the
adhesion of all other powers not repre-
sented at the conference, on condition
that no original signatory of the con.
vention object. This right to blackball
any power wishing to join the conven.
ton was insisted on by Italy in order to
prevent the adhesion of the pope and
by England on account Of the Transvaal
1t Is hoped that all the South American
states will come in
1t Is the unanimous opinion of all
the American delegates that the confer.
ence begins a new epoch and that the
good seed now sown will bear a rich
harvest hereafter
-"WiIliam IT Stead