THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
M. DE STAAL ELECTED PRESIDENT. A RE-ASSURING TELEGRAM. LONDOJN , Saturday. The proceedings of the International Conference convened by the Czar of Russia to consider the question of the lessening of the burdens of armament, and cognate questions, are being held in secret. M. de Staal, the Russian Ambassador to England, has been elected President of the Conference. The programme to bo discussed has been divided into three sections —viz. (1) disarmament; (2) the laws of war; (3) mediation and arbitration. The Conference has sent a telegram to the Czar, expressing its desire that its deliberations may result in the furtherance of his proposals for the lightening of the financial burdens of the nations and the humanising of the methods of warfare. SUBJECTS OUTSIDE ITS SCOPE. (Received May 21, 9.1 u p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Saturday, The Peace Conference has declared that the questions affecting privateering and the neutrality of merchandise which is not contraband of war are to be regarded as outside the scope of the conference, these subjects not having been included in the Czar’s circular. “THE ORDER OP REFERENCE.” INDIGNANT NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS. (Received May 22, 1.20 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Sunday. M. de Staal, addressing the members of the Peace Conference as the representative of Russia, observed that the questions of mediation and arbitration should be placed in the forefront of the programme. Then, ho said, the laws of war and the reduction of the armaments of nations should follow. The newspaper correspondents are,indignant at the secrecy being maintained in regard to the proceedings of the Conference, and several of them have left the Hague as a protest. THE FUTURE OF SIBERIA. THE CZAR EXPRESSES CONCERN. (Received May 21, 5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Saturday. The Czar has authorised the Peace Conference to report upon the advisableness of abolishing the transportation of criminals to Siberia. The Czar realises that the present system is ruinous to the future of Siberia.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3746, 22 May 1899, Page 6
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