The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-14
INVITATION HAS
BEEN ACCEPTED
Great Britain Will Send Delegates to
Peace Conference.
SOME RESERVATION MADE
OTHER POWERS HAVE DONE
LIKEWISE.
SOME RESERVATION MADE

LONDON, April 1S.-n the house of
lords today Lord Reay CLiberaU asked
II President Roosevelt's invitation TO
The powers 10 send representatives to A
second peace conference would be ac-
cepted, and whether the question of
coutraband of WAY would be brought
before the conference. Foreign Secre-
tafy I-ansdowue replied that the invi-
tation had been accepted. The govern
ment had placed itself in President
I}OoseveIts hands with a reservation
merely to the subjects which might be
submitted to the conference. All the
other powers had accepted the invita-
. tiOn with equal coYdiality and with the
same reservations
Conditions Unsatisfactory,
Lord Lansdowue said that the posi-
tfon or the powers was most unsatis
fastory In regard to many questions of
international law. The only method
neutral power could adopt when a
variance with one or two belligerents
short of resorting to- means which he
. Uord LansdOwne) would rather not
contemplate, was to follow the example
OF Great Britain, and press its claims
strongly and make few protests. He
pointed out that Great Britains recent
presentations and protests to Russia
u
fLansdOwue, however, regretted that the
Russian government had not departed
& IN spite of all arguments from the at
ttItude IL first assumed in regard 10 coal,
Notwithstanding the fact that at the
berlin conference Of 1884 Russia adopt
ed an attitude Numerically opposite to
that which she had now assumed.
Hold Same Views.
The foreign secretary said that the
American and British governments
during these discussions held Identical
views. He believed that I'm regard to
an these points the two governments
had been eye to eye and that their di-
lpiOmacy had been directed toward the
LAGOON plishment Of the same ends
i Lord LansdOwne outlined the subjects
for discussion which Secretary Hays
note Of invitation proposed, and pointed
out that it would be impossible now to
cnumerate all the subjects which at the
proper moment might be selected. but
when the time came probably all the
matters which recently were under dis
CuSsion would go before the conference
10 which the American government in
Vited the powers.
In conclusion Lord LansdoWne said that
among other subjects which il was most
desirable to discuss was the danger from
float ting mines. the new and terrible de
velOpment OF modern warfare. In fact.
1T was very desirable that a general agree
Fnent should be reached among the powers
on all the points raised. Feeling that
Everything should be done 10 restrict the
area of belliEeTent operations and min
3mi5e the suffering and Inconvenience or
those directly and indirectly affected. the
government cordially welcomed the in
itiative Of the United States, and at the
=prOper time would gladly associate itself
with the government OF the United states
1atftGling with these important questions
YT'he secretary shared the hope that the
time was not far distant when they might
address themselves to this most humane
and most honorable task.