Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-06
Action Of Peace Conference Re-
garding Private Property at Sea-
CAUSE FOR GENERALIZATION
u..olution Adopted, with Heser'"
lion. ON the Part of Great hr''"'"'
France and Russia

The Hague. July e.--rhc American
t.ioratcs scored a great success touuS
IN obtaining from the peace conference
unanimous vote In favor Of having
,,s question Of private property at sea
d, lime of war dealt with at spee'a'
.,,fsrencc. 20 be summoned hereafter
,t,.b diplomatic management was
usesssary and many obstacles had been
r1rmounted before this result was
reached. ..,...,
.rbo second committee met this morn
ming. aud Andrew y. whitehead OF the
American delegation. preached the
,ubiect. The question OF its adN'H-
ability under the conference mandate
,yns discussed. No vote was taken bu'
am agreement was arrived at to al
law tho Americans TO present theF
ras, Ia full this afternoon. iad Nule
bgen taken Immediately, the Amer '',,uts
would doubtless have carried Nhyn
,,,int by IA majority oil one or TWO Hhe
10 avoid this resolution was pI,pu
recognizing the Importance uhu III
ploxity OF the question ana recoin,'yr wv
Ing the aummonihg OF a Hp''''' ''
Al Inc aftcroon sitting Of the com
mittcc. the successive clauses oi w
laws OF war having been adopted "
ps MertcH Of the Russian dclekauon'
MAYED "A resolution 10 that eject Ml,
White seconded u. In the course OF
clear and eloquent statement 81 uS
American case, he nhld tnc
gtatss aoverntnent had accepted the
Invitation 10 participate In the CONFER
opcr with nlncrity, because OF the OF
portunity IL was expected the confer
once would nnotd for preaching lho
truth with regard to the immunity from
capture OF private property az sen ~,
admitted. however that the Nhl'',
states government recognized " W"u'u
be hopeless 20 expect any declueu
suit from this conference oMihH ="
three causes. absence u instructions OF
power from the governments seconu'
doubts ns to the competence OF the CON
ference: and third. the length OF tlnc
necessary FOR "a discussion Of All the
bearings ~ the ease.
Tho head of the AmcricIn delegation
concluded with an eloquent nppeal 70
tho iurista. diplomntiats and statesmen
az ali nations assembled In the CONFER .
encc 10 take the subject under carciul
consideration. declaring In the words
Of Count NeHaolrOde, that the addl-
tion Of the plea 20 International law
would be- crown OF glory TO the
worlds diplomacy"
NJ Rahuaen Of tho Dutch delegation
supported Mr. White. and suggested
that the governments fnyorlng the idea
should conclude treaties among them
selves
sir Julian Pauncofotc. head Of tho
British delegation. said the British
opinion was divided on the subject
and that he had no Instructions regard
inr a. In his personal opinion, tht
question was outside the scope OF the
conference.
Nj. bourgeois. head OF the French
delegation. and Capt. Schelnc Of tho
Rusalnn delegation. announced that IN
the absence of instructions they codld
not vote Tho resolution was then put
and carried without opposition, win
the reservations on the part OF Great
Britain. France and Russia.
The committee also adopted rcso-
luton that the question Of the dotcrmi
nntlonr ~ the rights and duties OF the
several states should be placed on tho
program uf future conference,
The plennry conference assembled
subsequently and accepted all the rcHo-
lutlOns Of the committee.
The American delegation n much
grntlncd ut the result The delegates
could not anticipate u practical issue at
this time. The maximum success pos.
Hlhle was q full and free opinion VI
placing the American view on record
aud 0f continuing unbrokcn the tradi-
flows ~ a century of American protest
IN behalf ~ progressive ideas In inter-
national law. This result, which at
one time appeared impossible, owing Ia
the almost inHupornble difficulties, In
oil ssNN