The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-15
SECOND INTERNATIONAL PEACE
CONFERENCE CONVENED TODAY

United States, Rear Admiral Scheller
and M. A. Vedel, chief Of the bureau
of consular AFFAIR." in the foreign Of
flee. The Norwegian Government has
designated as its sole representative
DR.. f. Hagerup, Minister to Den
mark. DR.. Hagerup is a statesman
of the first rank, a diplomatist and
a scholar.
Japan. which will have an import
ant part in the conference, has sent
a distinguished delegation that in
cludes X. r. Sutsuki of the foreign
office; Aimano Sato, minister at The
Hague, who was an adviser at the
Portsmouth peace conference Rear
Admiral Shimamura and Henry w.
Demson, American adviser of the
foreign office. There are in addition
several navai and military attaches.
Sweden, Switzerland, Bulgaria yRou-
mania and Turkey, among European
countries, are also represented.
One of the noteworthy features of
the attendance is the representation
of several of the South American re-
publics. none of which participated
in the first Hague conference. The
best known of the South American
delegates is the Argentine representa-
tive, Luis M. Drago, former minister
of foreign affairs and the author of
the Drago doctrine, which will be
brought forward by the United States.
Brazil and Chile. as well as Argen-
tine, have sent delegates to the con-
fe, snce.
Mexico's representatives are Con-
zala A. Esteva, minister to Italy;
Sebastian Mier, minister TO France,
and Francisco l.. de la BS-ra, minis
ter to Belgium and Holland. The
delegates from Cuba and Senior Ques-
ada, minister to the United States,
Gen. Orestes Ferrara, an eminent
lawyer, and Gen. Garcia, son of Gen.
Calixto Garcia. Hayti and the Pam
anna Republic are also represented.
ABLE DELEGATES FROM THE
UNIFIED STATES.
Joseph H. Choats, heading the dele
cation from the United States, is well
known to all English-spealing peo-
pie. His service as ambassador to
Great Britain is still fresh in the
public mind, and ne has been prom
inent for his advocacy of internation-
al arbitration, especially between Eng
land and America. In Gen. Horace
Porter Mr.. Choats has a most dis
ltinguished AM able colleague. Gen.
Porter was the United States ambas-
Isador at Paris for eight years. He
has the reputation OF being an ex-
tremely capable diplomatlst, and he
is universally respected, not only for
his ability, but also for the genial and
urbanS manner which characterizes
his personal dealings with the rep
resentatiyes OF other Powers.
David Jayne Hill, u. NJ. Rose and
William |. Buchanan make up a trio
OF other distinguish I'd American dee
gates to the conference. DR.. Hill
has served as assistant secretar,- of
L
state at Washington and as minister
OF the United States to Switzerland
and the Netherlands. Before entering
the diplomatic service he was presi-
dent of Bucknell University and later
of the University of Rochester and
Is regarded as an authority on inter
national law and diplomacy. Judge
Rose, who comes from Arkansas. has
the reputation of being one of the
ablest lawyers in the United States.
He has served as president of the
American Bar Association, the
highest honor within the gift of the
legal fraternity, and is the author
Iof numerous articles on kmerican and
European jurisprudence. william I.
Buchanan is a diplomatist Of long
Experience and is nerhaps the best
posted man in the service of the
United States with regard to Central
and South American affairs.
The American delegation includes
also Brig. Gen. George B. Davis
judge advocate general of the United
States army; Rear Admiral Charles
Is. Sperry, president of the Naval
WAR College, and Chandler Hale
James Brown Scott and Charles Hen
ry Butler as attaches.