The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-06
PLANS DRAFTED
To PREVENT WAR
Arbitration Committee
Is at Work.
Special Dispatch to The Call

THE HAGUE, June 1.-THE arbitration
committee of the Peace Conference held
a meeting to-day under the chairman
ship of NJ. Leon Bourgeois. Andrew ID.
White, head of the United States dele
CATION; Sir Julian Pauncefote, head of the
British delegation and NJ. de Staal, head
of the Russian delegation with all the
members of the committee, were present.
After NJ. Bourgeois had made a sympa-
thetic reference to the death of Miss
Roth, daughter of DR.. Roth, head of the
Swiss delegation, who was killed in a
railway accident last THURSDAY at Flush
mittee read the draft scheme of media
ton it had under consideration.
Articles 1 and are declaratory-to the
effect that the signatory. powers in order
to prevent recourse to force. have agreed
to effect pacific solutions of differences
and will, except in exceptional cfrcum-
recourse to the mediation of one or more
friendly powers
Article 8 declares: Independently of a
recourse to such amicable means, the sig
natories deem it expedient that one or
more powers not concerned in the con-
fiict SHOULD of its or their own initiative,
lend its good offices Of mediation to the
states at variance. The right to offer
good offices of mediation belongs to pow
ers not concerned in tne conflict, even
and the exercise of this right can never
be considered by the parties at variance
as an unfr1endly act.
Article provides that the role of med
iator shall consist in the reconciliation
of conflicting classes and the allaying of
bitterness between states at variance.
Article 5, defining the limitation of the
functions of a mediator. says these shall
cease on the moment it is stated by one
of the parties to the dispute or by the
mediator that the arrangements or the
basis of friendly understanding proposed
by him is not accepted.
Article says that the good offices con-
templated, either at the instance of the
parties at variance or in the initiative of
uninvolveei powers, are exclusively of the
character of friendly counsel
Article asserts: Acceptance of media
ton cannot have the effect, except by
of interrupting or retarding or hampering
mobilization or other preparations for
war If mediation intervenes after the
rupt, except by virtue of convention to
the contrary, military operations in
course Of execution"
accord to recommend in all circumstances
permitting it, special mediation in the
following form: In the event of grave
differences threatening peace the states
at variance shall choose respectively a
power to which each shall confide the
mission of entering into deliberations with
the power chosen by the other side, in
order to prevent a rupture OF 1fle .Siy
mandate which, except in the event of a
stipulation to the contrary, shall not ex
coed thirty days, the question in dispute
shall be considered as referred exclusively
to those powers. They shall apply all
efforts to settle the dispute. and In the
event of an actual rupture of; friendly re-
mission of taking advantage of every oc-
casion to restore peace.
The draft was adopted without modifi-
cation. although the. committee stipulated
that If should be subject to notifications
at the second reading.