Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-31
GENERAL NEWS.

this morning ana were theieipou uhe"
t1p each and costs. District Attorney
pulllam then dismissed the charge OF
unlawful detalnor upon the payment
Of costs by the accused men. II Is the
opinion this was agreed 10 by al sides
to the controversy---being virtually a
compromise. II is said the Mogul will
resume operations in a few days.
London, Oct. 2S.--Several OF the
American delegates, attaches ana
newspaper correspondents at The
Hague peace conference are no" in
England and will sail for home this
week. James Brown Scott and wife
will sail from Liverpool for New York
tomorrow Mr.. Choate, his wife ana
daughter and Chandler Hale. son o'
Senator Hale of Maine. who has acted
as secretary OF the United States del
egation. will sail from Southampton
on Wednesday on the steamboat Ce-
ciliy General Horace Porter. Rear
Admiral Charles S. Sperry and wife
and William /. Buchanan and wife
will tke the same steamer from Cher
bonrs,
While the American delegates have
formally expressed themselves as sat
istied with the work of the conference.
there is general agreement among the
other Americans who have watched
the proceedings at The Hague close
l,uu fail
ure. While something has been done
to ameliorate the horrors oi warfare
Il is agreed that nothing has been ae-
ccmplished toward abolishing war It
self Those who look upon war as Il
necessary evil, as something that has
always existed and always viii exist.
find plenty OF warrant for their opin-
ion In the deliberations of the recent
congress. Those who look upon the
matter In an nnprejudiced light agree
that the failure 10 take an advance
step toward eliminating warfare was
due largely to the German, English
and American delegates. The former
persistently opposed and obstructed
the advancement OF all humane pro
jects. and the delegates from Great
Britain and the United States were
jointly responsible in failing to agree
upon common basis of action.
As sequel to what a facetious
American newspaper correspondent
termed the session OF the in.erna
tional debating society" which dis
cussed everything under the sun and
agreed upon nothing. all of the ma
an Increased activity in their prcpara
tons for war. With the adjournment
of the peace conference. the dove o
peace has taken flight, and all Europe
armed to the teeth, is awaiting the I'M
leashing OF the dogs of war Only
bone of contention is apparently need
ed. and the Morocco question and
dozen of others of less importanc,
may supply this. Strangely enough
among all these premonitions of evil
there are few European publicists ol
editors who believe that the United
States will become involved in any
impending struggle. The rumors of q
war between the United States ano
Japan are received with a smile in
Europe and are looked upon as mere
political buncombe. the necessary pre-
liminary to presidential campaign
Words. words. words" well dc
scrlbes The Hague conference Nor,
than million words of press matter
concerning the deliberations of tn.
congress were sent ont by the va
rious American and European news
gathering organizations. OF this to
tai. 10000 words were sent out oi
June Is. the opening day. As illustrat
ibg the superiority OF the American
press, more words were filed for cHbl,
dispatch by the news. gathering asso
Citations and newspapers OF the Uhte0
States than by those of all other ma.
tions combined. Compared with tn,
newspapers of the United States. the
English press published only com
pdfatlNelN Snlall amount OF matter
concerning the congress. despite the
fact that the cable rate to the United
states is many times that OF the rate
10 England. The newspapers of France
we're second in the list. and. next to
the United States. had more and bet
Ter correspondents than other natlons
While the congress has been fruit
less sort of AFFAIR. SO far as actual re
suits in accomplishing its purpose are
concerned. 1t has not been inexpen.
siye. The general expenses of all
the delegations are estimated Mt In
the neighborhood of $4,000. 900. of
which over half million dollars was
speDtin giving 3l1 dinners of all the
dinners given during the course oi
the congress. those for Senior Ruy Bar.
boza. of the Brazilian delegation. were
the most imposing and expensive
Senior Barboza also holds first place in
the number OF speeches delivered be.
Tore the congress. Joseph H. Choate
made the longest speech, 11.736 words,
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