Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1907 — RESOLUTIONS OF PEACE CONGRESS [ARTICLE]

RESOLUTIONS OF PEACE CONGRESS

The Hague Court Should Be Perm* nent and Open to All Nations of the World. New York, April 18.—The nation* arbitration and peace congress adoptee its platform or resolutions, recoin mending among other thing* that Th< Hague conference shall hereafter be a permanent institution; that The Hagut court shall be open to ail the nation* of the world; that a general treaty oi arbitration for ratification by all th« nntions shall be drafted by the com i..g conference; providing for the ret erence to The Hague court of international disputes which cannot be adjusted by diplomacy; that the United Suites government urge upon the con feience action looking to the llmita tlon of armament; that the conference extend to private property at sea, immunity from capture In war. The resolutions speak highly in praise of President Roosevelt, Secretary Root aqd the prime minister of Great Britain for the stand they have taken in favor of a settled policy of peace among the nations. New York, April 18. —The first convention of the National Arbitration and Peace Congress has come to an end after a three day*’ session with two large banquets, one at the Hotel Astor and the other at the Waldorf-Astoria. The event of greatest interest was the decoration of Andrew Carnegie with the cross of the Legion of Honor by the French government, represented by Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, In appreciation of his work for peace and his gift of the palace at The Hague.