The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24

tlnction and an expert on international
law. Such he found In Brig. Gen.
Davis, who. before he was assigned
to his present important post. that OF
judge advocate general of the army.
was for many years professor OF in.
ternational law at the Military Acad.
emy at West Point. Moreover, Gen.
Davis is regarded by his fellow officers
as enc Of the best posted men on all
military matters. and II Is expected
that his service on the delegation will
prove valuable.
The representative Of the navy Is
Rear Admiral Sperry, another man
who has made specially of interna-
tlonal law, and who is now the presl
dent of the Naval War college at New.
port. He is a man of broad culture
The expectation that the so-called
Drago doctrine will constitute one Of
the most important features of the
conference makes the selection of w.
|. Buchanan both fortunate and nat.
ural. AS minister to Argentina. Mr..
Buchanan has an enviable record. He
made himself conversant with South
American conditions and sentiments.
and later he was chosen chairman OF
the American delegation to the Rio
conference. So successful was Mr..
Buchanan in winning the confidence
and inspiring the respect OF the South
American nations that he was chosen
| by the Chillan and Argentine govern
ments as the deciding arbitrator In the
negotiations which determined the
! boundary between those states, one
of the most important international
disputes ever settled by arbitration.
Chandler Hale has been selected for
| secretary of the delegation. Mr. Hale,
who is son of Senator Hale. of
Maine, has enjoyed some diplomatic
! experience. having been secretary of
embassy at Vienna, and he has also
devoted much attention to the study
OF international law. as has Charles
! Henry Butler reporter at the United
States supreme court. who is the ex-
pert attache of the delegation. James
Brown Scott, solicitor of the depart
ment of state and international law
expert, will also be attached to the
delegation, which will take with It a
number of expert stenographers, trans
lators, etc.
In addition. John w. Foster. eX-sec-
retary of state Of the United States,
will be present as chairman OF the
Chinese delegation.
The intense interest which the
United States has taken in negotla.
tions looking to the extension of the
scope of international law and the pro
motion OF universal peace is well
shown by the part played by this coun.
try I'm the first Hague conference. and
also by the resolution adopted by con
gress and approved on April 2S, 1904.
| This resolution read as follows:
Resolved by the senate and house
of representatives OF the United
States In congress assembled, That 1t
Is the sense OF the congress OF the
United States that Il is desirable, in
the interest OF uniformity Of action
by the maritime states of the world
in time of war that the president en-.
deayor to bring about an understand
! ing among lHe pIlnClpdl haIiNhe
powers with a view of Incorporating
into the permanent law of civilized ma
tions the principles OF the exemption
Of all private property at sea, not con
traband of war, from capture or de
struction by belligerents."
Pursuant to this resolution, this ex'
emption of the property of neutrals
will constitute one OF the important
issues which this country will urge
upon the coming convention. Perhaps
most important of ALL however, will
be the proposition OF Secretary Root
for the establishment Of permanent
peace tribunal. its members TO be re
tanned for life, to receive such emolu
ment as will relieve them OF the ne
cessity of all material anxiety, and to
devote their entire time to the adjudi
cation OF international differences ana
the promotion OF international peace