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seersey :, the Peace Couf.reaes.

Secrecy ~ the Peace Conference
Kariy IL ne proceedings At ms
Hague the cars peace promotes, SelL
dOf, urged bis cOlIeag CUES 10 conceal
their deliberations, just a. his master
DIES the imperial cOnfabs at St. Pc
tersburg As a result the real work .
Of the conference seems 10 b. done in 4
secret eOnciave, and practically seven .
powers out Of the forty odd states rep 1
resented have the say as TO what shall
BE- done. These powers are the United /
States. Great Britain, Russia, GeRma-
ny, France, Japan and Italy. As for
fine United States, it Is said By some
Observers that It's chief plenipotentiaFy
has found more than his match In
Baron Won Bieberstein, leader Of tbs
German delegation. and Nelidof At
times the first French representative,
Leon Bourgeois has worked with his
German colleague 10 battle Mr.. ChOate.
II sometimes appears that both Of these
gentlemen Join with the cars peace
promoter In the conviction that the
conference viii wind up in a way to
h. recalled hereafter as the worlds
jest. Their game tends that way.
II outward politeDess, cordial hand
shakes and smiles could be taken az
evidence. that the worlds millennium
had come then the peace conference Of
car1 In
history Costly dinners are prepared
by the best cooks Of Paris, and wine
has flowed freely, especially when
come Delegation had Its special az to
grind. Some Of the representatives
started Ia under the Impression that
Carnegie would pay all hotel bills, in
Guiding bauquets and the attractive
spreads" which are a feature Of the
headquarters Of some Of the minor del
egatiors. notably those that are boom
lng the principle Of international law"
thnt bills shall not be collected by
force. Turkey quickly chimed in on
this proposition.
| But underneath the joyous exterior
the jealousy aud distrust Of the dele
gates and their attempts to overreach
one another have cropped out II
would have been well If all the shabby
g0ings on ut The Hague could have
been kept from public notice. II II
should be shown In the sober delIbera-
tons that the several strong govern
ments OF the old world were ready to
abate their seliishness, greed and blood
thirstiness and make concessions for
the sake Of universal peace the minor
shortcomings due TO human nature
would be- excused. IL seems, however
that the czars spokesman and the kai
Ber's spOk esman repaired TO The Hague
prepared to "joIly" some Of their weak
err colleagues and to Outwit the few Sc
ri0us ones. To mitigate the horrors Of
war Is merely an extension OF license
| for those who care 10 indulge In II
Warning nations sacrifice nothing ant
are able To cover up their real instincts
by posing before the world as humane
Perhaps the public will be fooled b.
rules making Red Cross relief vessel
=, immune from capture. the selection o
= a humane" bullet and the abolition
of mines. which really hoist friends n
y well AZ foes. More than likely, though
3 the humbug win be sized up on It's met
It's, and then. saddest Of all, the caus
u Of universal peace. so vital to the mil
u lions who do the bleeding ON the battle
y Geld and grOan under war appropria
items, will come out Of the seeon
peace conference In a more hopeless
stage than IL entered.