The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
UNDER THE EYES OF WHOLE WORLD International Commission Will
 Convene Tuesday ALL ARE EMINENT JURISTS Burden of Proof of North Sea Affair is Upon Ensland-Methods of
 Procedure Are Yet
 Undetermined.
ALL ARE EMINENT JURISTS

Paris, December 17.-Great activity is manifested in official and diplomatic quarters in connection with the opening next Tuesday of the session of the in ternational commission which is to in- quire into the North sea incident. The meeting will bring together some of the leading naval and legal figures of the foremost maritime powers. Besides the Anglo-Russian crisis, which the appoint ment of the commission has avoided, 1t 1 is expected that the meeting will estab- fish a number of precedents at1ecting in- ternational naval conditions, and the rights and responsibilities of belligerents and neutrals in time of war. The Brit
 sh and Russian members of the commits sion will arrive here Monday. Rear Ad- miral Charles II. Davis, tl., American representative, is expected Monday. l Quarters have been engaged for him i at the Hotel Brighton, overlooking l the Tuileries gardens including a pri- vate dining room and salon and suite of apartments. The location is convenient to the commissioners headquarters. 1 The various delegations include num- Der of interesting personages. The Rus ! 1 included Admiral Kasnakoff, the Rus sian member of the commission; Lieu I tenant Gostenger, Baron Tdube, the Russian judicial adviser; Captain Clado and Lieutenants Ellis Ott and Sehremt- chenko. Special interest attaches to Captain Clado owing to his sensational arrest for engaging in newspaper con | troversy with the object of having the Black sea fleet pass the Dardanelles Q | of,,fN I cfxrotf -Iy.f. 1 squadron. Clado is about the ablest na- val tactiean in Russia.
 Are Distinguished Jurists.
 The British party is made up of Rear Admiral Sir Lewis A. Beaumont, Great Britain's representative on the commits | sion Sir Edward Fry, counse and Hugh 1 O'Beirn, agent Sir Edward, who is past seventy years of age, is one of the ablest l jurists of England. He will be pitted against Baron Taube an equally eminent Russian jurist.
 Admiral Fournier the French member of the commission, made many American friends in connection with the visit of the Rochambeau mission, of which he was a member.
 Besides the main personages the wit nesses may include fishermen and sail ors, thus giving a truly picturesque stage setting. Final arrangements have been made for the opening session, to take place Tuesday, December 20. Instead of the gorgeous hall of the ambassadors. as first contemplated, the commission will be installed in more convenient busi- | ness quarters on the first floor of the Palace on the Quai d'Orsay. The meet i ing room is beautiful apartment in l white and gold, with Louis XIV decora- tions, mirrors and rich frescoes. There the commission will first meet informally | 1I. inc will be private until it Is formally decided to make them public.
 Moreover, the Russian embassy was quite sure today that the sessions will remain private throughout. It is expect ed that Foreign Minister Delcasse will make the address of welcome. Thereafter the admirals will choose a fifth admiral. determine questions of procedure and ad- journ until after the holidays.
 British Case is Made Up.
 It is understood that the British side of the case is practically made up. It is the expectation that Sir Edward will bear the burden of presenting and proving the case, as it Is assumed that English law principle will prevail; that the burden of proof is upon Great Britain to prove in the affirmative. and not upon Russia to disapprove in the negative. This principle assumes that persons charged with wrong doing are innocent unless proved guilty. hence it is probable that Sir Edward will seek to prove a series of counts or charge similar to those of a courtmar- tial or indictment. This procedure per mits Russia to remain on the defensive, while Great Britain endeavors to prove her case. However. the protocol provides that the commission can establish it's own procedure, and owing to the mixed na- tionalties of the admrals it is not cer- | It-1. Ian ffA French civil code, or the Russian-Greek procedure will prevail.
 elevator which was run to the second 1 floor, where she remained till the car riage was again secured. When the Jail was reached she was probably weaker | than when she started for the court, and appeared to be on the verge of nervous collapse. When she had reached her quarters in the jail, Dr. Wall again ex- amined Mrs Chadwick and found that 1 her condition was as good as could De expected He made another call on her later. He could not at this time tell he said when she would be able to ap- pear before the referee when the bank ruptcy hearing will be resumed and in | which ease she was served with a sub poena this afternoon.
 Asks For Medicine Chest.
 Mrs. Chadwick requested her medicine chest be sent her. It is in possession of Jailer Egfers, and Dr. Wall ordered that | 1t be not given her. He said she was under his treatment, and that while the | drugs may be perfectly harmless, he was nevertheless unacquainted with the pre- scription and did not care to have her | take the medicine.
 Sheriff Barry was today firm in his determination not to allow either Emil | her son, or Freda, the woman-s nurse to see the prisoner. Both have up to this time, through the kindness of the sher- Tiff, been allowed to visit her. Barry de- cided if they arc to be admitted a judge of the federal court must summon and order him to do 1t in person He did not think it safe to allow them to sec her.
 MT. Dawiey was asked If he intended his client should plead guilty as some future time.
 My request did not mean that" he replied. We simply wanted the privi-