The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-15
FOR PEACE OF WORLD
MEMORANDA REGARDING CONFER
 ENCE AT THE HAGUE.

ENcE AT THE HAGUE. War Between Japan and Russia De- veIoped Matters Which VIII Be Discusse1--President In Hearty Sympathy.
 
 Washington, Oct 14--The State De- | partment today made public the invita- tion of the Russian Government to a second conference at The Hague. and the Presidents response. These take the shape of two memorandas, one dated September 18. being an unsigned memorandum delivered by Baron Rosen !, to the President at Oyster Bay. and the other a memorandum dated Octo- Der IF. also unsigned. delivered by the President to Baron Rosen in Washing ton.
 The first memorandum is 6 mere re- cital of the opportuneness of another conference with the promise to submit
 detailed program by Russia when the Congress meets. The Presidents | memorandum Is a hearty acceptance of the invitation and directs attention to the fact that his previous circulars to 1 the powers appear to be precisely in memorandum was delivered to Baron Rosen Thursday night for transmission to St. Petersburg.
 The memorandum delivered to the President by Baron Rosen is as fol- lows:
 Tn view of the termination, with the cordial cooperation of the President of the United States, of the war, and of | the conclusion of peace of Japan and | Russia, His Majesty, the Emperor as | initiator of the international peace con | ference of 1899 holds that a favorable moment has now come for the further development and for the systematising | t.SkA rr -xAv1 ference. With this end in view. and be- | ing assured in advance of the sympathy of President Roosevelt, who has already | last year pronounced himself in favor of such a project, His Majesty desires to approach him with a proposed to the effect that the Government of the United States take part in a new in- | ternational conference which could be called together at The Hague as soon as favorable replies could be secured from all the other States to whom similar proposal will be made. As the course of the late war has given rise to a number of questions. which are of
 the~greatest importance and closely re- lated to the acts of the first conference, the plenipotentiaries of Russia at the
 future meeting will lay before the con. ference a detailed program which could
 serve as a starting point for its delib- erattons."
 The following is the Presidents mem orandurn in response: "On the 18th of last month, at Saga.
 more Hill, His Excellency, the Ambas.
 sador of Russia, presented to the Pres. ident a memorandum, being a message
 from His Majesty. the Czar, to the ef-
 feet that in view of the termination.
 with the cordial cooperation of the
 President, of the war and of the con- clusion of peace between Russia and
 Japan, His Imperial Majesty, as initia-
 tor of the international peace confer
 ence of 1899, deems the present a fa- vorable moment for further developing
 and systematizing of that conference. and tha to this end, upon being as- sured in advance of the sympathy of nounced himself in favor of such a
 project, His Majesty desires to ap.
 proach the President with a proposal
 to the effect that the Government of the United States take part in a new international conference which could
 be called together at The Hague as
 soon asN favorable replies may be ob-
 tained from all the other States.
 The Secretary of State, by direction of the President, has the honor to con
 firm to His Excellency, the Ambassador
 of Russia, the assurances which the President had the sincere pleasure to
 give to His Excellency at the time of
 
 September 13th. The Presidents circu-
 lars to the powers to the acts of The Hague conference, which the late Sec retary of State communicated to the several signatory states through the American envoys accredited thereto, dated respectively October Fl and De- cember 9th of last year, have demon strated the Presidents keen desire that upon favorable occasion the labors of the first international peace conference might be supplemented by an accord to
 be reached by second conference of
 the powers. The suggestion so put forth having been accepted in prin- ciple by the signatories. 1t only remain ed for the opportune moment to come for the powers to agree upon the place and time for their assemblage in or der to perfect the beneficial agreements of the first conference.
 The President most gladly welcomes tho offer of His Imperial Majesty to take again upon himself the initiation steps requisite to convene second in- ternational peace conference, as the necessary sequence to the first confer ence brought about through His Mai estys effort and in view of cordial responses to the Presidents suggestion of October, 1904. he doubts not that the project will meet with complete accept" ance and the result will be to bring the nations of the earth still more Slosely together Tn tneT common en- de6vor to advance the ends of peace.
 As respects the further statement of His Excellency's memorandum of Sep tember 13tn. that, as the late war has given rise to a number of questions whic hare of the greatest importance, and closely related to the acts of the first conference, the plenipotcutiaries of Russia at the future meeting will lay 1 before the conf >rence . detailed pro- gram which could serve as a starting 1 point for its deliberations, tho Presi- dent finds 1t in oonservaance with the | indicati ions of his circular of October | 21, 1904, touching the questions to come | before a, second conference for discus | sion and the importance of completing | the W ork of the first conference by ann | pie exchange of views and, 1t Is to be | hoped. full concerted upon the broad | questions specifically delegated by the | final act of Tho Hague to the consider | ntinn of a future conference