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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.
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A Study Trom Life of that Great "Safe, Sane and Conservative” Demo-
crat, John Sharp Williams.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday July 11, 1907.
No. 25.