The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-14
GOOD RESULT IS
NOW EXPECTED
American Propositions Find
Favor With Delegates to
Hague Conference.
CARNEGIE PEACE PALACE
DUTCH ARRANGING AN IMPOSING
PROGRAM.

Inc Hague. July 3.-NOtWfthStand-
ing the pessimistic views held in some
quarters concerning the peace confer
ence and rs work, the members of the
American delegation feel confident that
some good results will be reached in
the exchange of opinions among the
plenipOtentiaries of the countries rep
resented. 1t now appears that all of
the American propositions will be salts
factorily received. The question of the
immunity of private property at sea,
although bitterly opposed will have a
considerable majority in the vote next
week, and this will be a further step
toward the adoption of this principle
In another conference. The rules re-
garding the bOmbardment of unfOrti-
fed towns, villages, etc, originally pre-
scented by America, will be substantial
ly adopted with the approval of the
proposal drawn up by the Italian dele
cation bringing into harmony the diff
ferent views on this subject The sug-
gestion regarding the collection of pc
cuniary cOntractural debts without the
use of force will be supported by all of
the great powers, and the proposal con-
corning the establishment of a perma-
nent court of arbitration and the prohi-
bition of the use of unnecessarily cruel
bullets have been faVOrably received.
y
United States will present a plan for
the permanency of the conference itself
as an institution, the holding of peri
Odic meetings and the organization of a
program.
Palace of Peace.
The Dutch Peace league is organic
ing an imposing program on the occa-
sion of the Inauguration of Andrew
Carnegie's palace OF peace. The pro-
gram will include an allegoTical pro-
cesSion, representing all the peoples of
the world passing before the altar Of
peace and renOuncing their emnities
About 1900 persons will take part in
the procession, and it is expected that
about $4,000 spectators will be present.
The American proposition relating to
ships of war reads:
"A warship must be commanded by
a commissioned officer, with crew
subject to military discipline. In time
of war no merchantmen can be trans
feTTed into "a Warship, except it be
commanded and equipped as before
and this Transformation can only occur
in The territorial waters of the state of
which the owner of the vessel is a sub
ject or in territorial waters under the
effective control of the military forces
of such a state"
Another American proposition states,
first, that arms of war, ammunition,
provisions and objects only employed
for military purposes or military estab-
iishments form absolute contraband of
war; second, that conditional contra
band consists in provisions. materials
and objects employed both in peace and
war and which because of their char
acteT. special quality or quantity are
necessary for military purposes and
are destined TO the armed forces or to
military establishments of the enemy;
third. that list of the objects and pro-
visions 10 be Included in either of said
categories must be published by the
belligerents, and notification of such
must be made to neutrals or their di-
DlOmatic representatives.
The capture or conf1scation of con-
traband. the proposition states, cannot
occur until such notification has been
made.