Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-21
FOR PRIZE COURT
All Present at Hague Conference Voted For It To-Day Except
 Brazil
WHAT MEXICO WANTS

The Hague, Sept 21.-The sixth plenary sitting of the peace confer ence to-day attracted an unusually large audience. Many members of the international Seismological and Dairy congresses, which are now meeting here, were present.
 The peace conference adopted an amendment to the project on the treatment of neutrals in the territory of belligerents, which does away with the contradictions pointed out by Bar on Marscall Von Bieberstein, head of the German delegation, in the previ- OuS proposal on the same subject. In the course of the discussion regarding the establishment of an International prize court, Senor Esteva MeX.), an nounced that the Mexican delegation would now vote in favor of the prop osition, as the modification permitting a country interested in a case to nave its own judge on the tribunal largely did away with the objectionable fea- lures of the earlier proposal, which, he said, contravened the principle of the equality of nations.
 Senor Esteva added that while Mex ico would support the proposition to establish a prize court she did not withdraw her opinion, repeatedly ex- pressed, against the project to estab- fish an international court of perma- nent arbitration if based on a princi- pie contrary to the equality of the states.
 Prior to the vote, M. Tsuzuki, head of the Japanese delegation, drew cor dial applause by few remarks in which he gracefully expressed appre- citation of the personal iniative of Elm perior Nicholas in bring about the meeting of the peace conventions.
 The proposition to establish an in ternational prize court was ultimately approved by 37 votes in the affirma- tive. Brazil alone voting against it. Risia, Japan, Siam, Venezuela, Tur- key and Persia abstaining from vot- ing.
 On the motion of President Nelidoff the resolution in regard to converting the third peace conference, which was introduced Sept 10, at the instance of all the heads of the various delega- tions was unanimously adopted, to- gether with expressions of gratitude to Emperor Nicholas as the iniator of the conferences and to Qneen Will helmina for her hospitality. The res olution was as follows:
 "The conference recommends to the powers the convocation of third con- ference within period similar to that which elapsed between the former conferences, leaving the exact date to fixed in common accord by the powers. The conference calls the at- tention of the powers to the necessi- ty of having the work of the con ference prepared sufficient time before its meeting so that it's delib- erations may be taken with the indi- spensable authority and ropidity.
 ITO attain this object the confer ence thinks it very desirable that about two years before the probable date of convocation preparatory committee be entrusted by the govern ments with the collection of the diff ferent propositions to be submitted to the conference and tho gathering of matters susceptible of beng embodied in international regulations and that the committee prepare program about which the governments will agree early enough to have it earnest ly studied in each country. The con ference recommends that this commit. tee be also entrusted to propose a sys- tenn of organization and procedure for conference