Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-09
MAKES HAGUE
CONFERENCE
A ] D K {
MEETING DEVELOPS INTO
A ROARING FARCE
Delegates Decline to Agree on
Anything; Brazil 0utsbineS
Other Nations in Giving Ore
gon BanQuetS,

The Hague. Sept Nothing the
peace conference may do between now
and the close can obliterutc this
week demonstrations of the hopeless,
ness of It's constitution. The delegates
were prepared To hnd serious OBJ
staclcs to overcome before cithor the
prize court or the permanent bench nf
judges could bee established, bat the
degree pf acrimonious wrungling that
characterized the weeks negotiations
surprised even the cynlcs The meth
ods adopted by the disappointed dele
cations are rather Of the nature of a
challenge 10 contest ia national
braggadoci0 than a friendly further
anCe of information peace
Senior Barbosa. of Brazil has been
demonstrating that he represents a
first rank war power by giving a se-
ries of banquets which for gorgeous
ness, outshine tho memory OF even
Harry ThaW's Partisan feasts. This
mode of conquering the esteem OF his
colleagues has naturally failed with
the delegations of the great powers.
but that does not prevent the am
nouncement that the flowers on the
tables cost $1,000. and other similar
advertisements of Barbosa's greatness
of resources.
The veteran jurists at the head OF
and other serious members 81 the con-
ference have come to regard this gem
tleman as cmbodying most of the rea-
sons against conYoking another peace
conference. Let us have. by all
means. they say another international
arbitrational conference based on prin-
ciple of Jurisprudence, but we already
have abundant proof of the futility OF
a world assembly given over TO poll
tical self-asserti0n.
The latest topic of that part of the
program. which was described by Leon
Bourgeois, head of the French dele
CATION. as the one that the United
States was concerned with. the pacific
organization of war. has non been
disposed Of In the usual n-coiumittaf
manner. II deals with the procedure
accompanying the commencement of
hostilities The report Of the COM
mission advises that there should be
either a formal declaration of war or
an ultimatum with a time limit The
Russians. who still insist that theyI
were treacherously stabbed in the back
al Chemulpo and Port Arthur on the
morrow Of the japanese minister's de-
parturc from 81. Petersburg, observe
that the conference found no means
the country on which war has
been opened can let its defenders
know they are az war.
The leaders of the conference. who
have left the military issue alone and
devoted themselves to what they call
the judicial organization Of peace.
have not made any progress during
the week. A succession Of projects for
a convention of obligatory arbitration
have been handled carefully and
all agree to arbitrate before recourse
10 coercion Is an authors copy right !
This means In practice that If pirate |
ed Paris farce is produced in New
York the author may not order !
French fleet TO drop shells into Broad !
way before be has taken his case 10
The chief obstacle 10 the creation of
a permanent bench of Judges, apart |
from the difficulty of allocating them |
among the nationalitics Of the world, |
Is the drastic limitations on their au-
lhority. which makes eminent jurists
hesitate to accept position on the
bench. Germany still insists that a /
lisputant power may at any time an
nounce that its difference is unsuitable
for trial by this court. and eveD when
he trial is In progress requests for
evidence or Information may be re-
fused If power holds that they may
affect her sovereignty or security"
The delegates who are weary ~
The Hague and its associations are
mplaining that President Roosevelt |
lad not settled the elementary qucs-
ions of the methods of distribution
If iudgeahips ga his scheme Of q per-
nanent bench before Doe presented 60
20 the conference. Or inquiiic from
he powers concerned had disclosed
he difficulties which have now arrest
"a an progress then the project. which
lobody regards ns urgent might have
,ecn rendered like thr resolution on
he limitation of armamcnts, simply
s dcsira BILE objective Practical work
nuid then have been dome boy direct
between the governments.