New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-19
FIRST meeting OF
HAGUE Conference
INITIAL GATHERING OF PEACE
DELEGATES LASTS ONLY
TWENTY MINUTES.
ROOSEvELT'S NAME is
GREETED WITH CHEERS
M. Nelidoff, of Russia, Declares UNI
versaI Peace and Disarmament Are
Observation-Disclosures Will Not
Bring Up Question.

The Hague, June 1.-THE first meet
ing of the second international peace
conference, opened here Saturday, last
ed hardly 20 minutes, when the con-
ference adjourned until Wednesday.
Tea was served in the main hall and
the committee rooms after the adj
journment.
Tribute to Roosevelt.
M Nelidof opened the conference.
by affirming that universal peace and
disarmament were unattainable The
deliberate utterances of the Russian
statesman, although pessimistic to the
extent referred to, were hopeful when
later he said he believed that better
method for the judicial adjustment of
disputes was possible, even though all
conflicts between nations were no
more avoidable than conflicts between
individuals.
In the course of his address M.
Nelidoff greatly pleased the American
delegates by the high tribute which
he paid to President Roosevelt and
Andrew Carnegie, not mentioning any
other countries or rulers.
Welcome to Delegates.
DR.. Van Tets Van Goudrain, the
Netherlands foreign minister, in well
coming the delegates, said:
In the name of the queen I have
the honor of bidding you welcome
Associating herself with the desire by
which Emperor Nicholas was ami
mated when he addressed to the pow
ers his proposal to send delegates to
the second peace conference, the
queen has been happy to consent that
her capital once more offers it's hos
pitality to your illustrious assembly.
"The government of the Neither
lands has directed me on this occasion
to give expression to the statements
of the deep gratitude which it enter
tains toward the Russian emperor,
who has taken the initiative in calling
the conference, and the occasion
should not be allowed to pass with
out offering a tribute of our gratitude
to the eminent statesman who pre-
sides over the destinies of the United
States, President Roosevelt, who has
powerfully contributed toward raising
the seed sown by the initator of these
assemblies
The references to President Roose-
welt in the speeches of both Dr. Van
Tets Van Goudrain, the Netherlands
foreign minister, and M. Nelidoff were
greeted with rounds of applause.
VIII Not Bring Up Disarmament.
Washington, June lit can be
stated on authority that the American
delegates to The Hague conference
will not bring up for discussion the
question of limitation of ornaments.
That matter is regarded as a purely
European question at present and as
the result of years work by Prof
De Martens at the various capitals of
Europe has been to thrash out pretty
thoroughly the whole matter and make
evident the fact that at least four of
the great powers are averse to the
consideration of the disarmament
question, the Washington government
regards itself as relieved from the
necessity of bringing this matter to
the fore. It is the opinion here also
that the subject of limitation of arma-
ment will not now be preached by
any of the powers represented at The
Hague court.