The record-union., 1899-05-24
Approving Of Selections Made for presl-
dents Of Various Committees.
Extreme Measures Taken to Pre-
serve the Secrecy Of the DELHI
erations of the Conference, Only
Delegates and Secretaries Being
Admitted to the Precincts of
''The House in the Woods

THE HAGUE, May 23.-The chiefs of
the delegations to the peace conference
held private meeting this morning at
The House in the Woods, and after
ward informed their colleagues of the
arrangements made for a choice of
Presidents of the various committees,
as agreed upon last evening" The dele
gates approved of the selections made.
The conference held plenary sitting
at noon. The selections were then Off
cially ratified without incident.
The following is list of the mem
bers of the first committee: Honorary
Presidents, Count Won Munster. head
of the German delegation, and Andrew
d. White, head of the American dele
cation; Effective President, A. P. C.
Van Karnebeck, head of the delegation
of the Netherlands.
1t is divided into two sections--war
and marine. The Vice Presidents of
the war section are: Lieutenant Cen
eral Abdulla Pasha of the Turkish del
egation, Major General Ardagh of the
British delegation and Brigadier Gem
eral Monnier of the French delegation.
The Vice Presidents of the marine sec
ton: Vice Admiral Fisher of the Brit
dsh delegation, Vice Admiral Pethan OF
the French delegation and Captain Sic
gel of the German delegation.
The second committee is constituted
as follows: Honorary Presidents. the
Duke De Tetuan. head of the Spanish
delegation; Turkhan Pasha, head of the
Turkish delegation. and Count Won
Welsershcemb, head of the Austria
Hungary delegation. Effective Presi-
dent, Professor De Martens of the Rus
sian delegations
This committee is also divided into
two sections-Red Cross and Brussels
conference. The Vice Presidents of the
Red Cross section are: General Thau-
low and DR.. Roth, head of the Swiss
delegation. The Vice Presidents of the
Brussels conference section are: Pro-
fessor Won Stengel of the German dele
cation and General Zuccari of the Ital-
ian delegation.
The third committee is composed as
follows: Honorary Vice Presidents,
Count Nigra, head of the italian dele
CATION, and Sir Julian Pauncefote, head
of the British delegation Effective
President, M. Bourgeois. head of the
French delegation Vice Presidents:
NJ. De Bile, head of the Spanish dele
cation; Baron 'Estournelles de Con-
stant of the French delegation; Count
De Macedo, head of the Portuguese
delegation; Herr Mercy, Signor Compile
and Dr. Zorn.
The three committees held their first
sessions this afternoon these being de-
voted SOLELY to inaugural formalities
and an exchange of ideas with regard
TO procedure. They will meet again on
Friday M. De Stael, head of the Rus
dn1 IO,.A-
conference attended the meeting of the
Arbitration Committee, sitting next to
M. Leon Bourgeois, head of the French
delegation
The measures to preserve the secrecy
of the deliberations have been doubled.
Only the delegates and Secretaries are
admitted to the precincts of the Huis-
ten Bosch. Both entrances to the gar
dens are closed with barred gates,
which are guarded by sentries under
the command of non-commissioned off,
GERS in full uniform. Every applicant
for admission is called upon to produce
an orange colored card issued to the
delegates, and to give the secret pass
word
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
accompanied by the Queens mother.
arrived this evening and drove through
the streets, their majesties being warm
ly greeted by the populace.
AT 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
Queen will receive the chiefs of the
various delegations who will be pre-
sented by M. De Bearfort, Minister of
Foreign Affairs. All the delegates have
received invitations to a grand recep-
t1on at 9:3O o'clock tomorrow evening.
when the delegation chiefs will intro-
duce their colleagues and the wives of
the latter to the Queen
Emperor Nicholas has sent Queen
Wilhelmina the Order of ST. Catherine
set in brilliants.