New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
PEACE DELEGATES LEAVE HOLLAND.
Conference Breaking Up-Discussion of Res
olution Thanking President Roosevelt

The Hague Sept. 3o,-The peace conference is be-
ginning to break up. Brlgadier General George B.
Davis has left The Hague, William :. Buchanan has
gone TO Germany and Charles Henry Butler IS go
ing 10 London. and thence to the United States.
Several Of the delegates. Including Lord Reay,
visiting the Krupp works.
The question OF sending President Roosevelt
expression Of :he appreciation Of the conference
for his initiative in bringing about the convocaton
Of the second conference has been privately dis
crssed fer several days. Some OF the delegates
thought It would be best have resolution In
tToduced by DR.. Barboza. head OF the Brazilian
delegation, in order TO show that the opposition OF
Brazil to the American scheme for the establish
ment Of high court Of justice does affect the
relations between the two countries, while others
preferred that the motion should be made by one
Of the great powers
W. T Stead has published in The Courier OF the
Conference article. entitled Honor TO Whom
Honor Is Due" in which he recalls the three oc-
casions when the conference rendered international
courtesies: the first sitting. when kilograms were
sent to Emperor Nicholas and Queen Wilhelmina:
at the laying of the foundation stone of the Peace
Palace. and at the plenary sitting of September 21
when homage was rendered Emperor Nicholas as
the initiator Of the conference and thanks were
paid to Queen Wilhelmina for her hospitality. Mr..
Stead adds:
Is there not some one else to whom the con-
ference, mindful Of the international courteses duo
the great chiefs Of state the nIia feelings
nton gRS Has the boGy Of
the delegates no knowledge of the fact that without
the impulsVe initiative OF President Roosevelt in
1904 there would have been conference In 1907?
President Roosevelt is the initiator the present
conference. Although Emperor Nicholas is worthy
the greatest honor as the originator of the first
conference. he played but a secondary part in
summoning the second
Mr.. Stead says he believes the proprieties OF the
etiquette Of international intercourse have been
shocked by this conspicuous, although unintentional
neglect of President Roosevelt by the conference.
which he calls of those minor scandals that
ought not to have occurred. Mr.. Stead adds that
DR.. Barboza OF Brazil, whose position entities him
to express the sentiments of Latin America, might
be able to suggest remedy whereby the confer
ence at the eleventh hour might remedy this
curious omission
Se6or Esteva, representing Mexico and Count
Tornie head of the italian delegation to the peace
conference. have received full powers to conclude
an 1talo-Mexican general treaty Of arbitration
similar to that signed between Italy and the Argen-
tine Republic. Sefor Esteva, however, insists that
IN a case of difference arising each country In
stead Of having recourse to the Hague tribunal.
shall appoint its own arbtrators This feature is
inserted in the treaty because Mexico is dissatisfied
with the verdicts given by the Hague tribunal in
the cases in which she was concerned especially
that lating to the Plus Fund