Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-06
THE PEACE CONGRESS
TODAY'S DELIBERATIONS AT THE
INTERNATIONAL MEETING.
Lively Satisfaction Over Treaties Made
Since Last Session-Resolu-
tons Presented

BOSTON, October 6.-At the rea assembling
today of the international peace congress
President Robert Treat Paine read a num-
Der of communications including a greet
ing received from CASTOR Moch of France,
president of the congress at Monaco two
years ago.
j. G. Alexander of England, chairman of
the committee on treaty arbitrations, pre-
sented a detailed statement of answers re-
ceived from various countries to questions
sent out by the bureau at Berne on the de-
velopment of the treaty movement in the
several nations. Almost all powers re-
ported new treaties formed or negotiations
for additional treaties under way The
following resolutions were then recon-
mended for passage:
Resolutions Offered.
The congress records it's lively satisfac-
ton at the signature of permanent and OBJ
ligatory treaties since it's last session be-
tween France and Great Britain, Great
Britain and Italy, France and Italy France
and Spain, Great Britain and Spain, Spain
and Portugal. Denmark and the Neither
lands, Great Britain and Germany Sweden
and Norway and France, Sweden and Nor
way and Great Britain.
The congress congra tulates the govern
ments of these various countries on hay-
ing thus taken important further steps in
the path of judicial relations between ma
lions opened by The Hague convention. 1t
trusts that the examples thus given will
shortly be followed by many other powers.
The congress especially rejoices at the
statement recently made by the President
or the United States that his government
is now taking steps to secure arbitra ton
treaties with all other governments which
are willing to enter into them" and trusts
that many such treaties will soon be con-
Guided
Governments Congratulated.
The congress also especially congratu-
lates the governments of Denmark and the
Netherlands on having entered into treaty
of arbitration containing no reserves what
ever and commends this as model for all
future treaties
The congress, noting with satisfactfo
that the different states are more and more
introducing arbitration clauses into their
various treaties and especially in treati
OF commerce, urges on the governments
that in future this clause should refer to
The Hague court all conflicts that NAV
arise out of the Interpretation of these
treaties.
This congress heartily indorses the REQ
concentration made by joint resolution of
both houses of the Massachusetts, legisla-
ture In favor of IAN interna tionaI congress
~ CT StaiOO ptIlOOS 10 QellDerate
questions OF common interest to the ma
tons and to make recommendations there
on TO the governments"
Edward the Peacemaker.v
The report and resolutions were ex-
planned in French by Henry La Fon-
taine of the Belgian senate and were
discussed by the Baroness Won Suttner of
Austria. The baroness referred to the King
of England as Edward the Peacemaker"
She spoke with warmth and appreciation of
negotiations pending between England and
Austria for treaty, saying she was as
sured they would meet with fruition very
soon.
Delegate William Randall Cremer of Eng
land recommended that it would be be ter
for the powers not to bring minor conflicts
in Interpretation of arbitration treaties to
The Hague. He suggested that the less i'm
portant differences be given to a court of
the first instance instead. The Hague, he
thought, would be spared thereby for the
higher work. The suggestion was adopted.
and the word ''alr' before conf cts was
stricken out, and the resolutions were
unanimously adopted. .-.---..----
Thanks to Roosevelt.
The universal reduction of ornaments,
pronounced by DR.. w. Evans Darby of
England of the committee on international
law to be the most important subject which
the congress was called upon to consider,
was next taken up, the committee report
ing as follows:
'The congress thanks the President of
the United States for his promise to take
the first steps toward the convocation of a
new international peace congress to resume
the deliberations commenced at The Hague
in 1899.
1T expresses the opinion that the first
task of each conference be to elaborate and
apply a definite plan of simultaneous arrest
and subsequent reduction of ornaments
which The Hague conference declared to
to the whole world.
In speaking to the resolutions, DR.. Darby
lamented the policy of increased armament
In the United States and expressed the hope
that the party in America which had got
the country into a declining plane will
not be able to carry it any further.