The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-06-16
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS
REFUSE TO BE EXCLUDED AT
MEETING IN PEACE PALACE
Indignant, They Force Their
Way Through Gates and De-
clare They Would Stay.
lav The AssoeIased Pressl

THE HAGUE, June 15.--The first bat-
tie OF the Carnegie peace palace was won
today by correspondents of the world,
who refused to be excluded from the pal
ace while the postponed Genoa confer
ence on Russian affairs was holding its
first meeting. Indignant newspaperne en-
and women representing more than twen-
tly nations ignored the edict of the Dutch
foreign office that journalists should not
even be admitted to the gardens of the
palace and forced their way through the
gates and into the building where they
demanded an audience with the Dutch
foreign minister. and presented a petit
tion to him in person protesting against
such treatment of the world press in the
international palace of peace.
Dutch foreign office officials detec-
tives and policemen were unable to check
the correspondents, among whom Ameri-
cans, British and French predominated
After the correspondents had gained the
entrance to the marble corridor of the
palace. which Andrew Carnegie made
possible. policemen tried to persuade them
to leave, but without avail The news
paper writer's announced they would
stay until expelled by force. They had
the international court of justice in the
same building in the morning, and they
declined to wait in the garden for news
Of the conference proceedings.
Many of the correspondents entered
the hall before the session bgan and were
officially ordered out by a representa-
tive of the Dutch foreign office Finally
Foreign Minister Van Karnebeek ap-
dents. Replying to their protest he said
1t had been decided that correspondents
should not even enter the grounds while
the conferences was in session, but since
they had entered the palsce, he could not
order them out. He wished it under
stood. however. that this was no prece-
dent.
The correspondents protested that they
had received no such treatment at Genoa
and other conferences. where open meet
ings were arranged and no effort was
made to prevent them from getting re-
liable information about the news de-
velopments in the sessions they did not
attend. Finally squads. of Dutch soldiers
were stationed in the corridors to patrol
them and limit the movements of the
journalists to the corridors adjacent to
the main entrance.
Many of the delegates on leaving the
conference hall stopped and chatted with
the newspaper men who had attended
the recent international meetings In an
attempt to straighten out European af-
fairs. After the conference had been in
session about an hour. a representative
Of M. Van Karnebeek reappeared and ex-
planned that the delegates We're about to
have tea and requested the newspaper
men to go into the garden so that the
delegates would be alone in the corri-
dors.
"A prominent French correspondent in
dignantly announced that those upon
whom the world depended for news OF
international affairs. would not be treat
ed as menlals, and the correspondents
stood their ground. and finally were in
vited to tea with the delegates 1t was
sort of a truce, kind of armed neu-
trality.
Nobody knows what tomorrow win
bring forth, but the nswapapermen are
determined to find out they intend each
day to enter the palace. which is large
enough to shelter an entire army They
have been assured of the moral support
of the international court of justice and
many OF the conference delegates. but
the latter are helpless. as the Dutch
government Is host. and Van Karnebeek
presided at the opening meeting today
and was selected as president to act un-