The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
PIPE OF PEACE.

The Hague, sept. zo-1Ho HCoASe
service is in a position absolutely to
say that the peace conference VIII
come to a peaceful end. 1t seems ap-
parent that there will be no war here,
and that the Dutch will remain in pos
session Of Holland. The conference VIII
adjourn at some remote date, but the
Deople here are of the opinion that II
ought to be in session all the Whlle-it
affords innocent amusement for the
school children, and is in no sense
source of danger to the Kingdom Ii
has been recommended by many OF the
most eminent specialists OF the con-
tinent as a sleep producer, and already
a number of distinguished patients are
here from various places taxing the
cure for insomnia.
In the matter of establishing peace.
the conference can by the Wearst serV-
ice be said to be the greatest Of
achievement in international history.
There was fear at the beginning that
the peace conference would be dis
turbed by rumors of war, but none of
the delegates has shown the slightest
sign of belligerency. The most nota-
BILE event to distract the peace of the
peace conference was on Sept. p, when
an imported English bulldog and one
of the daschunds from Queen Will
helmina's own kennel got into a fight
in the corridor. The fight was short
lived; 50 was the daschund.
One Of the chief aims to be accom-
plished at the peace conference is the
adoption of the French proposition
that every army that goes into the
field shall be accompanied by a line
of cafes three miles long, where bat
ties may be fought at ease and in com
fort. The Germans at first objected to
this plan, and moved to amend by max
ing the accompanying line one of beer
saloons. The Germans, however, win
drew their objection, realizing that
there would scarce be room enough on
any well-conducted battlefield for all
the beer saloons.
A victory of great Importance was
gained by the South American repub-
lies when they succeeded in securing
the adoption of bankruptcy law, COW
ering any and all obligations except
those which the powers wish to collect.
The effect of this agreement is that no
South American country shall be made
to pay any debts for seventy years.
An important concession was also made
in favor of the South American cOun-
tries in that the generals and their
STATS and officers and soldiers be per-
mitted to use smokeless tobacco in
their cigarettes. This is regarded as q
long step toward the elimination of
cruelty to the enemy, as the latter will
henCeforth be enabled to see the South
Americans approaching instead of hav-
ing to fire at a cloud Of smoke.
1t was decided that the balloon Is the
least dangerous of any modern engine
of warfare. a number of the delegates,
especially those from Chicago, pointed
this out when they eXpatiated on the
campaign Of Walter Wellman, who has
now been on the warpath three years,
more or less, and has killed no one,
not even himself.
The balloon also found great favor
with generals in the regular service,
who declared emphatically that its use
would materially assist them in being
up In the air.
Disarmament, of course, was the
first and foremost conclusion of the
conference. All the nations agreed to
disarm. The United States agreed to
disarm it's unseaworthy gunboats, and
the British delegates promised TO dis
arm suspicion, really a larger task than
any preached at the conference. The
Russian government, that great nation
which was the founder OF the peace
conference. showed eagerness in as
senting 10 the plan of disarmament.
In the cloak room afterward it was
limited that the Russian government
might have saved itself much worry,
the problem of disarmament having
been solved for it by the Japanese.
All Of the smaller nations were for
disarmament, which is regarded as sig
nif1cant in high circles of the first
class powers, inasmuch as 1t costs as
much to build a battleship as il does
to collect the taxes.
A motion made by the delegate rep
resenting The Netherlands had for its
object the equipment of all soldiers
with wooden shoes. This motion was
bitterly opposed by the delegation
from the United States, which main
tanned that the forest reserve policy of
its government made the plan imprac-
ticable, inasmuch as it would denude
the country of Its timber, which is
sadly needed by the mining and lum-
Der industry. A strong letter on the
subject was read from Bill Taft, who
recommended the gum shoe. This was
heartily endorsed by the Belgian dele
cation, which disclaimed ali knowl-
edge of King Leopold knowing any,
thing about rubber in the COn0O