Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-30
BETTER BUILD BATTLESHIP
STORY THAT SOME PEACE DELE
GATES WOULD LEAVE.
Hotel Bills Are Said to Be Too High.
President Nelidoff
Explains.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
THE HAGUE, June 29.-Some amusing
stories are going the rounds here in con-
nection with the peace congress. One is
that the extortions Of the hotel keepers are
such that the delegates from country in
South America, on seeing their first week
bills, decided to advise their government
to withdraw from the conference and build
a new battleship instead as being on the
whole cheaper
Another pleasing legend is that the rep
resentatives of very small power have
been treating themselves much better than
the moderate grant made them on the ma
tional exchequer warrants because they are
under the impression that all deficiencies
will be made good by Andrew Carnegie.
Evidently realizing that bad impression
might be produced by his statement yes
terday regarding the American proposition
on the subject of the principle of the ex-
emption of all private property. except con-
traband, from capture on the high seas,
President NelidOff today issued an official
note of explanation. In this he said that
he merely questioned whether the principle
of the inviolability of private property at
sea would be for or against the interests OF
peace when the close connection between
political and commercial interests is taken
into consideration. If the latter are in
against armed conflicts, while if they do
not fear any injury they may even profit by
war.
NJ. Nelidoff wishes to have it understood
ion on the subject
While the work Of the peace conference
amounted to almost nothing today, con-
siderable interest was aroused by a pro-
oct yyhi oh doll n
all the delegates. 1t was signed by vi
Sang Sui, ex-premier; vi Tyoune, ex-judge
Of the supreme court of Seoul, and vi
Tjyongoui, eX-secretary of the Korean le-
cation at st. Petersburg.
The protest says that the Koreans re-
greet that they were unable to attend the
conference because the Japanese were Vlo-
lating their rights and trampling on in
ternational law. which deprived them of
their national independence, even resort
ing to violence. 1t adds that the Korean
emperor gave them full powers, which
they would put at the disposal of the
delegates to the conference, asking their
Intervention for admission to the confer
ence. They wish, the protest says, to de-
fend their rights and expose the japanese
methods.
Japanese in Korea.
A Korean delegate, speaking to the AS
ISOLATED Press today, said:
THE japanese are behaving in Korea like
savages. They are committing all kinds of
barbarities against properties and against
the people, especially the women. M. Nei-
doff's refusal to receive us was astonish-
ing and painful, as our relations with Rus
STA, as well with America, are SO good
that we thought they could not refuse to
assist us. We intend to go to America to
appeal to the generosity of that noble
country for help In the summer of 1905,
before the treaty of Portsmouth, Korea
received the first Russian communications
about the present conference called at the
instigation of President Roosevelt and in
trusted her minister at st. Petersburg,
Prince VI Tchine Pomm. to represent her
at The Hague
Kuroku Tsuzuki,,' head of the Japanese
delegation, speaking to the Associated
Press In regard to this matter. said:
THE Dutch government officially stated
vited to the conference Therefore the
Korean delegation, it is asserted, cannot
receive any recognition