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w nTSON S WEE/Qy EDITED BY ' THOS. E. WATSON * . A a Vol. 11. PEACE ADVOCATES IN DEEP EST GLOOM. London, July 6. —The Peace Con ference at The Hague is, thus far, biiteily disappointing to its pro moters. Sir William Randall Cre mer, M. P., Secretary of the Inter national Arbitration Association whose lifelong labors in the cause of peace won him the Nobel prize and more lately the honor of Knighthood confened upon him by King Edward, said today to The World’s corres pondent : “I am afraid that we must not look for any real advance from the Con ference. The delegates at present seem all to be afraid of each other Each is waiting for the rest to show their hands. There is too much for mality; too much diplomatic recon noitering. “Nothing will come of Mr Choate’s proposal for immunity o' merchant shipping in time of wir Great Britain is the chief stumbling bloc'* in the way of this great re form. Lord Loreburn, the L r High Chancellor,* is strongly in f iv. r of the American proposals, and soim other members of the Cabinet think as he does but they are in the mi nority. I fear that the British del *- ga'es will give no countenance to the suggestions of the American dele gates. Sir Gilbert Parker, M. P., novtlls and imperialist, said: “We never expected that this conference would have any real result. Its very title appears to me to be a misnomer, for the delegates have done nothing so far but spend their time on academ ic discussions on methods to be used in warfare. “The Conference has never ap proached anywhere near the ideal of its founders. “Any attempt to force matters would have the most dangerous inter national effects. Imperialists here are prepared to resist to the utmost any proposal that would weaken out defensive force by one pound of am munition, or deprive us of any wea pon of warfare. So far, no harm has been done because no business has been done.” The Imperialist newspapers make bitter attacks upon Mr. Choate’s proposals as to conti aband of war. The Globe says: “When we are asked to surrender our most far-reaching and trenchant weapon of offense in care of mari time war the time has come for us to'reply with a sharp ‘Non p ssu raus,’ and it would be well to let the world know beyond the possibility of a mistake that the fads of sent i mentalists and the extravagance of international lawyers have not shaken our determination.” —N. Y. World. x MSSik ■ A 'W.MKoawWMMr W /® A. • ’ rTI H OOIW /A' MISSISSIPPI. ' * ** A Study Trom Life of that Great "Safe, Sane and Conservative” Demo- crat, John Sharp Williams. Atlanta, Ga., Thursday July 11, 1907. No. 25.