Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1902 — CHILE OFFERS A PLAN FOR PEACE [ARTICLE]

CHILE OFFERS A PLAN FOR PEACE

Deadlock in Pan-American Conference at City of Mexico Continues, THE HAGUE TREATY INDORSED. United States to Introduce Republics to ttae World Tribunal —Studying a More Comprehensive Plan for New Compact In Pntnre. City of Mexico dispatch: The plan for the adherence of the nations represented at the Pan-American congress to The Hague convention was introduced by the Chilean delegation after a long statement tending to show the advantages of The Hague convention and the impracticability of compulsory arbitration. The official plan for the adherence of the nations of America to The Hague convention is as follows: The states represented at the second international American conference resolve: First—To adhere to the conventions signed at The Hague by the powers represented at the International peace conference—(a) for the peaceful adjustment of international differences; (b) for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva convention of August 22, 1864; (c) with respect to the laws and usages of land war.

Second —To confer, in order to attain that end, upon the United States of America and the United States of Mexico, signatory governments to said conventions, authority to take the necessary steps to establish (or secure) the adherence of non-signatory powers. The delegates from Chile and Ecuador do not agree to the foregoing, and the Chilean plan, as now presented, is offered, it is claimed as a part of the obstructive tactics. The full text of the official plan is presented, the articles simply elaborating in diplomatic phraseology the summary referred to in the foregoing paragraph. In an additional article the signatory nations empower the Mexican government, in the interval between the present and the next Pan-American conference, to communicate with other governments of America with a view to ascertaining the practicability of concluding a still more comprehensive plan of arbitration. If those steps are successful, a further treaty will be concluded between two or more of the nations in question, and, in any event, Mexico will report at the next conference as to the success of her efforts in this direction. It should be noticed that the above is the only official plan for joining The Hague convention, that of Chile having been pressed, it is claimed, merely for obstructive purposes.