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Topics at Tho Hague.

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The British delegation at The Hague
laid before the peace conference copy
of the treaty of Washington of 1871, in
which England and America defined
the position of belligerents and ne,l-
trails upon the declaration of war. The
announcement was made that England
| considered the present favorable op-
portunity for other powers to give adj
herence to that treaty.
President NelIdof announced that
the American proposition regarding the
collecting of contractual pecuniary
debts was unanimously adopted in
principle and that the text was to be
| edited by the committee Of examlna-
ton simply to satisfy the desires ex-
pressed during the debate. The propo-
sition Included the provision permitting
fleet to attack an undefended town
only when the local authorities refused
| to destroy the military establishment
within q reasonable time. 1t was de-
cided that large rectangular panel Of
wood or linen, divided into two tri-
angles, the upper black and the lower
white, should constitute the signal to
be placed over buildings entitled to be
spared during bombardment.
The foundation stone Of the Andrew
Carnegie palace of peace was laid at
The Hague in the wooded park which
stretches from the city to Schevenin.
gen. President Nelidoff officiated. The
entire American delegation attended
the ceremonies. and the American and
Dutch flags decorated the stand. On
the same day Queen Wilhelmina con-
ferred upon Andrew Carnegie the order
of the Orange Nassau, which was
founded In 1899 to be conferred for
favors to the royal family or to the
country.
R9ssian-Japanese Amity; AS.
cate the th reports q! GOVERNOR ISSUES
commers,esE PROCLAMATION.
ly by the publicai.5s
tente wiping out the last trate.c-Pnb
tility arising from the late war. This
new agreement will be along the same
general lines as the recent agreement
between France and Russia, the two
countries mutually guaranteeing each
| others rights and territories.
| Major Lemair on tho kongo.
Angered by the attempt to make him
the scapegoat for Kongo abuses, Major
| IemaIr, who commanded the native
troops in that country for eighteen
years and who since his return to Bel
| GUM has been notified that he would
be prosecuted for cruelty, now retail
ates by publishing an exposure of con-
i ditions in the native army. He says
that tbs alleged scientific expedition
Of 1904 on the northern frontier was
one of conquest in disguise and thai
King Leopold ordered him to defeat the
Anglo Egyptian forces from the Sou
dan In pursuit of this purpose it was
necessary to use fogging and othel
rigorous forms of discipline in order tt
make the expedition successful, but III
insists that In every case where fog
ging was resorted to the fact was re
ported to his superi0rs and that h
never received a word of censure, but
on the contrary, was praised and eyel
decorated by King Leopold.
Riaasr Than the Dreadnousht.
The British navy department hns re
Gently launched the Bellerophon, tn
second battleship Of the Dreadnough
class, although exceeding the latte
vessel by 100 tons. The new ship ais
embodies number Of Improvement
!. gained as result Of the Dreadnough
, trials
Strike at Belfast Serious.
Not less than GOO0 troops have bee
, summoned to the vicinity Of Belfas
Ireland, in order to control the situt
ton arising from the strike of the doc
laborers for Increased pay and shorte
: hours. The calling Of troops was dr
partly to the fact that the police ha
struck to enforce their demand fl
more pay because of the extra worl
The strikers were attacking nonunio
laborers at every opportunity. On
feature Of the trouble is the closing {
number Of spinning mills throug
inability to obtain coal.
Iceland Not to Be FREQ.
AZ u puAluGl SiNSA ~ Ming IIcdCIlS
!. Of Denmark during his visit to Reykj
q yik, Iceland, the king announced h
s policy regarding the future relation
# between the island and the DAMS
J. crown, saying: II have inherited Il
J. kingdom rs unit, and as such it sha
:. remain from generation to generatio
n but I have also inherited from II
s. father the tradition that the Icelan
If ers are to be free people who c
l. operate with the king In framing Il
1t laws under which they are to live.
IS have therefore established u commi
<. sion, consisting of members of the Da
st ish rigsdag and the Icelandlc altlin
r to arrange for legislation to define II
,e constitutional position of Iceland
n the realm and to find form und
le which the freedom of Iceland may 4
lie built up and protected, while at Z
same time the unity of the realm
to preserved and insured"