The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-04
PEACE CONFERENCE
 MEETS AT BERNE
Marks First Steps Toward
 Peace Bureau
4 COMMITTEES NAMED
Delegates Start Active Work To- ward Placing International Peace Negotiations on Practical ln-
 stead of Sentimental Basis

Berne. Switzerland, August "A con- ference of economists and historians, which marks the first active steps by the permanent bureau of peace in its campaign against war, was begun to- day in University hall. and the con ferees express the belief that the re- suit of their first meeting will do much toward putting the movement for in- terna ational peace on practical, instead of a sentimental basis.
 The first session W>s taken up with the organizatiop/f for future work by the conference. It was opened by Prof. John Clark of Columbia university, wh voiced the thanks of the bureau for the peace fJundation. established by Andrew Carhegie Professor Clark de- clined to aIcept the presidency of the bureau, although he was urged by his colleagues to take up the bureau.
 pr. Eugtne Phillipovich of the Uni versity of Vienna thereupon was elect ed to that office.
 Nicholas Murray Butler. president of Columbia university, in an eloquent address of welcome to the delegates on behalf of the Carnegie foundation out lined the idea of the conference ha laid stress particularly on us lhtei rational scientific character its work being directed, he said, toward the or gauization of the international cam raisn and the standardization or the peace movement. These, Dr. Butler de- clared would be the guiding principles of the conference.
 After short discussion bearing on the problems to be discussed and the most efficient and practical methods for effecting the objects of the confer ence it was decided to divide into four substitute committees. The first, com uosed of the Rt. Hon. Charles B. Holz- house. financial secretary to the Brit ish treasury; Henri La Fontaine, ex president of the permanent bureau or peace: Professor Luzzatti, former pre- mier of Italy; Dr. Pantaleoni, pr, Phil lipovich. and Professor Westersaard will study the economic causes and ef- fects of war; the second, made up of Prof. H B. Greven of Beiden univer- sity Francis W. Hirst, editor of the London Economist; Baron Yosh1ro Sax atani, former Japanese minister 0i finance Prof. Throdore Schieemann of Berlin university, will examine into the economic aspects of the present huge expenditures for military pur- poses; the third, the members Of whlch are Professor Bawerk, M Brentana, An atole Leroy -Beaulieu, director or the Institute of France; George Paish, ed itor of London Statist, and Prof. Paul 2. Reinsch of the University or Wis ,consin will examine into the eHects of war on international economic in terests and the commercial and hnan- cial relations between stock mark and invested capital The fourth. made up of Colonel Borel, the Swiss delegate to The Hague peace conference; Pro 1 lessor Clark, Prof. Charles Glide of Paris
 university, and Gen. Baron Ogawa, the
 second Japanese delegate, will act as 1 general managing committee.
 The plan of the committees is first
 of all to go minutely into all aues-
 tions arising from the subjects coming
 within their domain and thereafter to
 discuss them scientifically and system 1 Iatically.
 The speeches at last nights peace
 banquet have attracted much favorable
 comment Professor Clark voiced the
 thanks of the bureau for the peace | founda ton, established by MT. Car
 negie, and Professor Luzzatti made an
 eloquent plea for world wide peace
 Baron Sakatani declared that the Jap anese government and people are en- l thusiastic friends of peace. For him self, he said. he had seen enough dis aster during the Russo-Japanese war, and heartily wished glowing success 10
 the cause of international peace.