THE HAGUE CONVENTION.
THE HAGUE, Monday. M. Nelodoff, a Russian delegate, has been elected ' President of the Peace Ooavention. In the course of his scetjl. f.ii assuming the Presidency ,he sairV nii'i elated' at. the increasing disjrnsKJ.v / me States to resort to ar-'Hri-jpn: y*-. C~ c&dnselled the Cbnfer- ;•"■' 'crt.' •t'eing'too/anlbHipus, adding th'K nations had' the same passions and weaknesses as individuals, fie r*marjced ttat if tile doiiHs of justice, despite the severity of the penalties wherewith they were armed, failed to pjrevent quarrels, it must be the same between nations, although the progress of conciliation and the settlement of mariners ought to diminish' such casesJ ROME, Monday.; Earthquake shocks have been experienced round Stromboli, and also in the vicinity of Gibraltar, travelling from north tosoathr .. . -
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 June 1907, Page 4
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