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PEACE DELEGATES ARRIVE AT THE HAGUE
Meet to Discuss Disarmament, Laws Governing Civilized Warfare,
Arbitration and Methods of Mediation.
ALL THE POWERS ARE REPRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE
Little Dutch Town Is Gaily Bedecked With Foreign Flags In Honor
of the Occasion—M. De Staat Represents Czar.
All the delegates to the international
peace conference arrived at the Hogue
(Holland) ' Wednesday and the first
day , . general . exchange ,
was spent in a
of visits.
.
The permanent president of the
conference will be M. De Staat, Rus¬
sian ambassador to Great Britain, and
the head of the Russian delegation.
The Dutch town was brilliantly dec¬
orated with foreign flags, denoting the
various national headquarters. In the
M. __ Van _ Karnebook, ... former
evening
Dutch minister of foreign affairs, gave
a dinner to introduce the foreign del
egates.
On the convening of the conference
three commissions will be named to
arrange programmes for discussion,
The first relates to restrictiohs of
armaments and military expenditure.
The second deals with the laws gov
erning civilized warfare and the third
with mediation and arbitration.
A great mass of diplomatic docu,
ments -will be submitted on these sub
jects—documents including tbe mem
orandum of Prince Metternich of
Austria in 1816, regarding the sugges
tion of the prince regent of England,
supported by Alexander I of Russia,
for an international peace conference;
the opinions of David Dudley Field,of
the United States, as to fixing a per
manent limit to military forces; the
argument of M. Merignhac in favor of
simultaneous disarmament; the pro
posals of Napoleon III, to convoke a
European peace conference at Paris in
1863, and similar papers.
The second commission will consid
er the declarations of the congress of
Paris, 18J0, and the Geneva conven
tion, 1864; the unratified clauses of
the Geneva convention of 1868; thfe
acts of the St. Petersburg convention
prohibiting the use of certain projec
tiles by civilized nations; tbe minutes
of the Brussels conference of 1874; the
suggestions of the Oxford manual re
garding the same laws and observances
of war; the rules for the bombardment
of cities adopted for the institute of in¬
ternational law in Venice in 1896; the
declarations of France and Great Brit¬
ain regarding the unadopted rules of
the Geneva convention; the views
ANOTHER REBEL CAPITOL FALLS
Troops Under Colonel Summers Easily
Capture San Isidro.
A Manila special says: General
Lawton’s advance guard, under Col.
Summers, of the Oregon troops, took
San Isidro, the insurgents’.capital, at
8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning.
Colonel Summer’s command, pre¬
ceded by scouts and accompanied by
Scott’s battery of artillery, advanced
from Baluarte at daylight. The troops
first encountered the enemy two miles
from San Isidro, the rebels retiring
when our artillery opened fire. Just
outside the town a rebel force, esti
mated to number 2,000 men, was en
trenched. It made a slight resistance,
but quitted its position when
troops turned its right flank.
The enemy’s loss was 15 men killed
and 20 wounded. Our troops captur
ed three prisoners and many rifles.
On the American sride one soldier of
the Oregon regiment and one of the
Minnesota regiment were slightly
wounded.
After capturing the town, Colonel
Sumners’ troops continued their ad¬
vance, pursuing the retreating rebels
for several miles.
Lawton’s Chief Scout Dead.
The death of William H. Young,
chief of scouts of General Lawton’s
division, reported from Manila, is con¬
sidered a serious loss as he was very
efficient. Young was one of the scouts
with General Howard in the Nez
Percez campaigu in the west some
Tears ago.
DEADLYCYLLONE IN IOWA.
A Number of People Killed and Much
Property Destroyed.
A dispatch from Manchester, la.,
says: The details of the cyclone which
passed over the northern part of this
county Tuesday night are most har¬
rowing. As a result of the storm four
people are dead and three others are
fatally injured.
The storm started on its path of de¬
struction three miles north of Greely
about 8:30 o’clock, taking a direction
due east for sis miles, then veered
northeast for four miles, demolishing
everything in its course. Every farm
house in the track of the storm cloud
for a width of forty rods was either
totally destroyed or wrecked.
the Amsterdam chamber of commerce,
appproved by successive Netherlands
^dgn of the minutes ministers of the urging Brussels the adoption eonfer
ence of 1894 deaiing with thjJ laws and
observances or war, which did not
lead to the conclusion of any conven¬
tion, and the circular of the Dutch
minister of foreign affairs in 1871 re¬
lating to the adoption of the princi¬
ples of inviolability of private proper¬
ty, and urging a clearer definition of
the the term “contraband of war.”
The "third commission will consider
^e proposals of Lord Clarendon at
the Paris congress in 1856, for the in
termediation of a friendly state pre
vious to a recourse for force, the mo
tion of Signor Mancy, in the Italian
chamber of deputies in 1875, in favor
of arbitration, the acts of the Berlin
and Zurich conferences on compromise
and mediation; David Dudley Field’s
plan for an arbitration tribunal; the
proposals for an arbitration tribunal
for the north, central and South Amer
ican states adopted in Washington in
1890; the Marquis of Salisbury’s
ters to Sir Julian Pauncefote in 1896,
relating to the conclusion of an
tration treaty between Great Britain
and the United States, and the terms
of the ratified ADglo-American treaty,
and many similar documents,
M. De Staat will open the
ence by summarizing the objects
the gathering and expressing the
fidence of Emperor Nicholas that
powers will support thp
work of the conference. After the
pointment of the commissions the
ference will adjourn for a week.
The American delegates, it is
derstood, will carefully abstain
mixing in purely European questions,
but will take an earnest part in the
cussion of the application of
tion and improvements in the
rules for the protection of field
pitals, giving also special attention
the abolition of privateering and
exemption of all private property
seizure, except contraband of
this policy being the same as
adopted by Benjamin Franklin in
gotiating the treaty with
the Great, and successively urged
Presidents James Monroe,
Buchanan, Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley.
TRIAL OF CONSPIRATORS.
Alleged Revolutionists Bound
At Pretoria, Transvaal.
Advices fi-om Pretoria,
state that the alleged
who presented the appearance of
nary loafers, -were arraigned in
Wednesday charged with the
offense of high treason. They
remanded for a fortnight.
Sworn affidavits allege that
men have been enrolled for
service and that it was intended
ftrm them in Natal, to return them
Hie Rand and, at a given signal,
seize aud'hold the fort of
hurg for twenty-four hours,
the arrival of British troops,
Thq Press says the government
gards the matter as “an
local incident which will not affect
general political situation.’’
The government also confirms
report that the arrangements
President Kruger and the governor
Cape Colony and the high
sioner of South Africa, Sir
Milner, for a meeting at Bloemfontein,
capitol of the Orange Free State,
nearly completed.
An Extension Proposed.
There is a well defined report
the Chattanooga, Rome and
railroad, extending from Chattanooga,
Tenn., to Carrollton, Ga., is to be
tended to West Point, Ga., there
necting with the Chattahoochee
railroad, which is to be extended
once to Columbus, the contract
been let.
DEWEY’S COSTLY SWORD
Will Be Presented Personally By Pres¬
ident McKinley.
A notable feature of
Dewey’s arrival in Washington
be the presentation by the
of the superb jeweled sword made
authority of congress as a testimonial
from the government. completed
The sword was
since, but owing to its delicacy
great value, it was deemed best not
send it to the admiral. It is now in
safe deposit vault awaiting his coming.
The presentation to the officers
men of the admiral’s flagship of
handsome medals authorized by
gress will occur probably at tbe
time.
DELEGATES WELCOMED.
The International Peace Conference
Formally Opened At the
Hague.
The sessions of the peace conference
at The Hague called by czar of Russia
begai. Thursday afternoon in the hall
of Huis Ten Bosch, or the “house in
the wood,” two milos from The Hague.
M. DeBeaufort, president of the coun
cil and minister of foreign affairs of
the government of the Netherlands,
delivered the iuaugural address and
welcomed the delegates.
The delegates decided to send the
following telegram to the czar:
"The peace conference lays at the feet of
your majesty its respectful congratulations
upon the occasion of your birthday, and ex¬
presses its sincere desire to co-operate in
the great and noble work in which your
majesty has taken a generous initiative and
for which it begs you to accept its humble
and profound gratitude.”
M. De Staal, the Russian ambassa¬
dor to Great Britain and head of the
Russian delegation, informally assum¬
ing the presidency of the conference,
said his first duty was to express to
M. DeBeanfort his siucere gratitude
for the noble terms in which he re¬
ferred to his august master, adding
his majesty would be deeply touched
as well as by the spontaneity by which
the high assemblage has associated
itself therewith.
After making his address, M. De
Staal, in behalf of the conference, tel¬
egraphed to the queen of the Nether¬
lands as follows:
“The members of this conference
bled for the first time in the beautiful
Ten Bosch, hasten to lay at the feet of
majesty their best wishes, praying you
accept their homage and gratitude for
hospitality you have so graciously
to offer them.”
The reading of the message
warmly applauded. Mr.
was appointed temporary president,
and the leading Dutch delegate, A.
C. Yanekarnobeck, former‘minister
foreign affairs and deputy, was
pointed vice president.
After the appointment of nin«
taries, M. De Staal’s proposal that
sessions be secret was adopted.
MORE OVERTURES MADE.
Rebel Filipinos Will Again Seek
Terms From Otis.
General Otis cables the war
ment that the representatives of
aldo are seeking terms ox peace
that the forces of insurgents are
tering in the mountains.
is Genei-al Otis’s cablegram:
“Maniza, May 18.—Adjutant
Washington: Representatives of
cabinet and Aguinaldo in mountains,
miles north of ban Isidro, which was
doned on the 15th, will send in
tomorrow to seek terms of peace.
of force confronting MacArthur at San
nando has retired to Tariae, tearing up
miles railway; this force has decreased
about twenty-five hundred. Scouting
ties and detachments moving today in
rious directions. Kobbe with column
Candava, on Rio Grande. Great
of inhabitants of provinces over
troops have moved anxious for peace,
ported by members of insurgent cabinet
Aspect of affairs at present favorable.
* • "Otis.”
The dispatch of General Otis
immediately sent to the president
Hot Springs. Secretary Alger
that the situation was most
aging and that it was apparent
the Filipinos realized the strength
the United States and saw that
ance would mean extermination
them if they persisted in
authority.
War department officials are
convinced that the end of the
tion in the Philippines is at hand,
that the representatives of the
gent cabinet and of Aguinaldo who
to meet General Otis will succumb
the inevitable and surrender.
forces, it is said at the department,
evidently so utterly demoralized
the persistent advances of the Ameri¬
cans that they are ready to
peace on the best terms they can
tain.
Invited Two Presidents.
The officers of the
commercial congress, which is to meet
in Wichita, Kas., May 31, have invited
President McKinley and
Diaz, of Mexico, to be present.
WORKING ON COMBINE.
Carnegie Consolidation
Hold a Conference.
H. C. Frick arrived in New York
city Thursday from Pittsburg and
in conference at the Holland
with W. H. Moore, of Chicago,
other men interested in effecting
consolidation of the Carnegie
Company, limited and the H. C.
Coke Company, in the new $625,000,
000 Carnegie Steel Company,.
It is understood that the plans for
financing the gigantic combination
were carefully gone over and effected,
and the public announcement of them
will soon be made.
MANIFESTO OF GOMEZ
Old General Tells of His
Love For Cuba.
REVIEWS HIS WORK IN FULL
Explains Why the Payment of
the Cuban Army Has Been
So Long Delayed.
A special from Havana says: The
expected manifesto of General Maximo
Gomez was issued Thursday evening.
It reviews his part in the negotiations
with Governor General. Brooke and
speaks of his love for Cuba and his
sufferings on her behalf in the past.
General Gomez says in part:
“The hour has now arrived for me
to raise my voice in justification of my
position and to describe the arduous
work I have done since my first visit
to General Brooke. I protested to
him against the sum offered by the
United States as insufficient to accom¬
plish the good intended. Awaiting an
answer to my protest I sought a solu¬
tion of the question. General Brooke,
representing the chief magistrate of
the United States, announced his in¬
ability to add to the sum already set¬
tled upon.
“Speculators then attempted to in¬
tervene, offering suggestions which
were refused -by me. They presented
a proposition to the military assem¬
bly, but the scheme was frustrated by
President McKinley’s refusal to rec¬
ognize that body. I deemed the for¬
mation of militia a practical solution,
and General Brooke, who approved
the ilea, asked me for a summary of
my views on the subject. To this
replied that 10,000 men were all
would be possible to get from the
ban army without distinction as to
race. My answer was sent to
dent McKinley, together with a
sonal letter giving explicit
why such a course was necessary.
“I had many conferences with
eral Brooke in my endeavors lo
cover such a plan of payment as
not exclude the meu who had
carried arms.
“General Brooke insisted upon
surrender of same before the
of money, and I also desired that
arms as had already been
and such as should be
hereafter, might be delivered to
houses in the care of Cuban
to be paid out of the Cuban treasury.
I do not think it a diegrace that
Cuban soldiers should receive from
government which is able to pay,
that will relieve their immediate needs.
I am convinced that it is
with obtaining peace to have an
with arms reserved to defend
against her enemies, and in the
time to be guarded as the relics of
glorious struggle.
“In my judgment, whether the arms
were disposed of to the municipal au¬
thorities or to armorers, it would be
all the same under the Intervening
government. The Cuban commission¬
ers, however, refused to agree with
General Brooke and the Americans,
and declined to fix dates and places
where the Cuban soldiery could de¬
liver up arms and receive payment
from the American paymasters after
identification by their respective
chiefs.”
After further praise of “General
Brooke’s consideration” and a decla¬
ration of his own desire to correct an
error existing in Cuba, with respect to
the United States, he goes on to say:
“I did not act alone, as seems to be
popularly believed, but always con¬
sulted with our officers.
“My advice to you now is to return
to your homes with the amounts offered
by the intervening government and to
practice patience, which will be an ad¬
ditional proof of your heroism.
“In this way we shall reconstruct
most rapidly the homes consecrated by
the blood of martyrs, blood poured out
in behalf of a purpose now attained
and thus begin this cycle of liberty,
with the grandest prospects, preceded
by the heralds of future prosperity and
peace. This work is your portion.”
GIFTS OF CAPTURED CANNON
Can Be Made To Organizations By
Secretary Alger.
The secretary of war has secured
from Judge Advocate General Lieber
an opinion confirming his right to loan
or give to municipalities, Grand Army
of the Republic posts and other
otic organizations such of the cannon
captured from the Spaniards in Cuba
aud Porto Rico as are Unserviceable.
Thursday the first of the guns
bestowed upon the military post
Fort Thomas, Ky. They are
beautiful bronze pieces of
pattern, made in Barcelona in
aud 1769.
PROPOSITION REFUSED.
General Otis Again Turns Down
the Representatives of
* Aguinaldo.
Advices from Manila state that two
military and two civil Filipino com¬
missioners appointed to co-operate
with three citizens in negotiating
terms of peace arrived in that city
Friday morning.
Thdy submitted no new proposition,
but want an armistice pending the
session of the Filipino congress.
Major General Otis has refused to
entertain the proposal.
TO CONFEDERATE DEAD.
A Monument Will Probably Be Erected
At Camp Chase.
A dispatch from Columbus, O., says:
By invitation from Colonel W. H.
Knauss, a local union veteran, the del¬
egates from the south to the national
waterworks convention, visited the
confederate cemetary at Camp Chase
Thursday morning, and while there,
under inspiration of the place, organ¬
ized the Camp Chase Memorial Asso¬
ciation, which is destined to become
co-extensive with the south, and
whose object will be to care for the
cemetery and preserve the memory of
the 2,200 soldiers buried there.
It is also proposed to erect a shaft
there in honor of the dead.
The organization was effected by
electing Rev. John Hewitt, of St.
Paul’s Episcopal church, president;
General Walter S. Payne, of Fostoria,
O., vice president; Hon. Samuel L.
Swartz, mayor of Columbus, secretary,
and Colonel W. H. Knauss, of Colum¬
bus, treasurer.
A committee, of which Rev. Mr.
Hewitt is chairman, was appointed to
draft a constitution and set of by-laws
to be adopted at the confederate deco¬
ration day in Columbus next month,
when the association will organize
permanently and when also many
prominent southerners are expected to
be in the city in response to an invi¬
tation to take part in the memorial
day exercises.
WILSON TO LEGISLATORS.
Secretary of Agriculture Visits the
Capital of Texas.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was
in Austin, Texas, Friday, and upon
invitation addressed the house of rep¬
resentatives. He stated that he was
visiting Texas by command of Presi¬
dent McKinley to make an investiga¬
tion of the agricultural condition and
resources of the state. He said that
he had visited the Texas cane fields,
the rice fields and tobacco fields and
had found on every hand evidences of
the greatest prospeiity.
He urged that more attention be
given to diversification of crops and
that the legislature contribute liberally
to the maintenance of the agricultural
college of the state. He said that
Texas’ dairy products amounted to
$2,000,000 annually aud that there was
no reason why this amount should not
be increased a hundred million.
• ADVISES BEAT flEETINGS.
Chairman of Alabama Populist Com¬
mittee Issues Address.
G. B. Crowe, chairman of the Ala¬
bama populist state executive commit¬
tee, is out in an address to his party
in the state advising it to be at meet¬
ings to be held all over the state on
July 4th for the purpose of electing
delegates and to select campaign com¬
mittees to take np the work for 1900.
He states that there never was a
time since the organization of the
party that the future looked so bright.
The democratic party in Alabama is
becoming more and more divided, he
says, and the populist ranks are being
filled with recruits from the old par¬
ties. He predicts carrying the state
in 1900 for Wharton Barker and Igna
tus Donnelly, the presidential ticket
selected in Cincinnati last year by the
populists.
Tax On Incomes In Texas.
The house of the Texas legislature
has passed finally its bill placing 1 per
cent tax on all personal incomes in ex¬
cess of 02,000 a year. The bill will
now go to the senate for consideration,
and it is believed that it will pass that
body.
OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
Are Elected By Directors At Annual
rieetlng In Chicago.
A Chicago dispatch says: At the
meeting of the Associated Press Thurs¬
day the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President, Victor F. Lawson.
First vice president, Mr. Stephen
O’Meara, of the Boston Journal.
Second vice president, General Har¬
rison Gray Otis, of the Los Angeles
Times.
Secretary and general manager,
Melville E. Stone.
Assistant secretary and general man¬
ager, Charles S. Diehl.