Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1899 — STRIFE IN PEACE CONGRESS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STRIFE IN PEACE CONGRESS.

Secrecy of lhe Hague Peselons Cause. Dissatisfaction. Baron de Staal, president of the peace congress, on Sunday received final instructions from the Cur. These deal with tha

realiution of compulsory arbitration," whether by a supreme tribunal of several of the great powers or a private tribunal composed .by' the powers whose interests are .at stake, with tha subsequent friendly , mediation of a third’ power. : '

The impenetrable secrecy of the proceedings of the conference has caused dissatisfaction. The press representatives complain that the methods adopted would be justifiable only if the press were the implacable enemy of peace arbitration.

BARON DE STAAL.