Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-10-26

United States. The members and the
provincial governors were the guests OF
Governor General Smith at banquet
and ball that night.
Arbitration For the World.
The plan for permanent court of
arbitration was adopted at the ninth
plenary session of the peace confer
ence atThe Hague, all the larger pow
ers voting for it. Six Of the smaller
nations refrained from voting
Belgium, Denmark. Greece, Roumania,
Switzerland and Uruguay. Mexico.
Brazil, Roumania, Greece. Colombia,
Salvador. Persia, Guatemala, Haiti.
Venezuela, santo Domingo, Paraguay,
Panama. Ecuador, China, Bolivia and
Nicaragua made the reservation that
negotiations shall be conducted on
the basis and true to the principle of
the judicial equality Of the states
At the same time the conference
unanimously accepted the report of
Baron Guillaume of Belgium on the
proposal for obligatory arbitration as
made by Count Tornielli of Italy. This
approves the principle of obligatory ar
bitration and specifies particularly GER
tain applications of the existing trea-
ties as being susceptible to this princi-
pie without restriction. The declara-
ton further proclaims that, while the
conference made no formal treaty on
the subject, the differences Of opinion
had more of a judicial character and
that by working together for four
months the nations of the world had
learned to know each other better by
getting closer together and had de-
veloped high ideals for the common
welfare"
The conference approved Of General
Horace Porter's proposition that coer-
give measures, implying the use of mil
itary or naval forces to collect contra
band debts. shall not be resorted to
"until the creditor country offers arbi-
tration and the debtor country refuses
it or leaves the offer unanswered or
until after the decision of the arbi-
traitors is not fulfilled by the debtor
country" The motion that all the
countries represented at the conference
contribute materials and works Of art
for the Palace of Peace was adopted
by reclamation. The final session of
the conference was held Oct. 49,
Fitting Him For Kaiser.
AS part Of his preparation for as
Stunning the crown when the time comes
for him to do so, Crown Prince Fred
erick William Of Germany has begun
years work in the Prussian ministry
Of the interior. He will study the
working Of each department according
to programme approved by the en-
peror and under the personal super
vision Of the minister of the interior.
1t Is understood that he will successive
ly serve in each important ministry
until he becomes familiar with the
whole system Of administration.
Italian Strikers Yielding.
After a stormy contest, which threat
ened at one time to produce a crisis
in the affairs Of the nation, matters
seem to be assuming a more pacific
aspect throughout Italy. Dispatches
from Rome state that the general
strike has been officially called off at
Mlan and Bologna and work has been
resumed in both cities. The call for
general strike at Turin and other
places met with only a half hearted
response. It is understood that the
action of the labor leaders in calling
off the strike was the result of a prom
ise by Premier Giolotti that the gov
would punish the carbineers
who fred on the strikers if it should
be proved they were not justified in
shooting into the mob.