The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-15
ALL EYES ON
HAGUE TRIBUNAL
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| I Nt spanish government mas tN-
pressed desire 10 discuss the limi-
tation OF ornaments. reserving to
itself the right TO deal With this ques-
ton at the conference.
The British government has given
notice that 1t attaches great import
ance to having the question for expen-
| ditures for armament discussed st
| the conference. and has reserved to
ie self the right Of raising It. II has
also reserved to itself the right of
| taking no part in the discussion OF
any question mentioned In the Rus
sian programe which would appear
unlikely to produce any useful result.
Japan is of opinion that certain
| questions that are not especially
enumerated In the programe might be
| conveniently included among sub
| jects for consideration, and reserves
/ for itself the right to take no part
in or withdraw from any discussion
| taking or tending to take a trend
which, in its Judgment. would not be
| conductive TO any useful result
The governments of Denmark, the
Netherlands, Greece and Bolivia nave
also reserved to themselves. in a gen
eral way. the right to submit to the
consideration of the conference other
subjects similar to those that are ex-
| plicitly mentioned In the programme
Italy is disposed to widen as mu1h
as possible the functions aad compet
ence Of the arbitration tribunal. and
further limit the questions affecting
| the honor and vital interests so
much discussed in 1899. which have
to be excluded from arbitration.
Question Of Permanent Tribunal
The Argentine proposal, which is
| TO be laid before the conference. look
ing to the holding of third interna-
tional conference face to face with
the American proposition to give the
conference permanency and provide
for periodic gatherings.
A programe drawn up by lnterpar-
liamedtary Union for International
Arbitration will be presented by
Richard Bartholdt. one of the Ameri-
can delegates. The programe. in ad-
ditiou to proposing the permanency
OF the conference, contains a draft
OF model arbitration treaty which
| provides that concerning a certain
number of specified questions arbi-
tration shah be obligatory In other
words, il provides that The Hague
Court shall have jurisdiction. These
questions are ones of minor import
ance which arise from time TO time
between nations
Personnel OF The Conference
In ordert to Judge rightly of the
possibilities of the conference IL Is
well first to know something of the
men taking part.
The president Of the Russian dele.
cation is NJ A. J. Neldon. ambassa.
dor to France and one of the most
able men in the diplomatic service Of
the Czar. A more urbane and genial
president 1t would be impossible to
find, and II is expected that, with his
vast experience and well-known de.
sire for the success of the peace plans
4 of his master he may succeed in ac.
complshing az least some of the aims
which the leading statesmen of Eu
rope have before them Next to M
! Nelidoff the most prominent member
of the Russian delegation is Prof r.
i de Martens, privy councillor Of the
ministry Of foreign affairs Prof Mar
tens was president OF the international
tribunal which settled the veXed ques
tion of the Venezuelan frontier. and
he is regarded as one of the greatest
authorities on international law in
Europe. NJ Nelidon and Prof. Mar
tens are assisted by NJ DharvkoT
the Russian minister at The Hague:
NJ de Prozor. Russian minister 10
the Argentine Reprblic and Brazil;
Major General Yermoloff., the military
attache at London; Colonel Michels
son. the military atiache at Berlin
Captin Behr. the naval attache al
London and Colonel Ovtohinnikod
professor OF international law at the
Russian Naval Academy
In Sir Edward Fry. formerly lord
justice Of appeals and member Of the
4 permanent court of appeals at The
Hague. Great Britaia has distin
guished and able representative who
has always acquitted himself as q
minister of peace He was born IN
1897 and is probably the dean of the
conference Sir Henry Howard, X
!, G. NJ G.. minister at the Hague. Is
the principal colleague Of Sir Edward
Fry. He has been over forty years
in the diplomatic service his first ap
I poiatment being as attache at Wash
ington in 1866. He was attached to
the Joint High Commission of 1871 Il
consider questions Affecting the rea
tions OF Great Britain and the United
States. He was also one of the com
. missioners at the Anglo-French Niger
Conference of 1895. and was one o
the British delegates TO the FIRST ia
que conference. The other British
representatives are Sir Ernest Mason
Satow and Lord Reay Sir Ernest Is
a diplomatist ~ wide experience and
since 1900 has represented Great
, Britain al Pekn, Lord Reay Is ma
\ tive of Holland. but has been a Brit
ish subject for thirty years lie has
served as rector OF ST. Andrews Uni
( yersity. as Governor OF Bombay anc
as UnderSecretary for India He Is
now the president Of the Royal Asia
; tic Society.
The German Delegation.
The German delegation Is composed
OF Marshall Won Biebersten, ambasss
dor 20 Turkey; Or Krieee councillor
of the imperial foreign office on inter
national law Vice Admiral Siegel
naval attache at Parts. and Professor
Iorn Gf Bonn University Marshal
II Won Bipborstoin has a great renuta