Nelvs and Vie ins From All Around
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
(The Nashville Banner.)
It seems now certain that the next
Hague conference will be held in June
of this year, and the matter is engag
ing the attention of the several pow
ers. There has been only one meeting
of the conference. That was held in
1898, at which time a permanent In
ternational Court of Arbitration was
created, which has, from time to time,
settled some international questions.
This court of arbitration, however, can
consider and settle only such specified
controversies as are submitted to it,
and has not the power to formulate
principles and incorporate them in
international law.
An effort was made in 1904 to se
cure another holding of a conference
by the representatives of the powers.
This was urged by thhe interparlia
mentary union, composed of legislators
of fifteen different nations, held in
St. Louis that year, and the United
States government took the initiative
in suggesting such a conference, with
the approval of the signatory powers,
except Russia, a nation that was then
engaged in the war with Japan, but as
soon as that war was ended, Russia,
through her ambassador at Washing
ton, proposed that the time had come
for a second conference at The Hague.
President Roosevelt at once accepted
the suggestion, but as he had previous
ly taken the leadership in the matter of
urging a conference, he transferred the
initiative to the Czar, giving the move
ment, however, his thorough approval.
THE PEOPLE SELECT SENATORS.
