PEACE CONGRESS

Otago Witness, Issue 3102, 27 August 1913, Page 27

PEACE CONGRESS

THE HAGUE, August 19. The Peace Congress has been inaugurated. Over 800 delegates are present. THE HAGUE, August 21. The Peace Congress recommended the inclusion of the restriction of armaments in the programme for the next International Conference. It also protested against the sinister influence of persons interested in the armament industry. August 22. Professor Van Vollenhoven, of Leyden University, suggested a scheme to enforce international law by means of an international fleet. He instanced as an example the demonstration against Montenegro, and said that if the international fleet consisted of the navies of all countries it could enforce the law either in England or Germany. The proposal met with little support, as the Congress considered it impossible and impracticable. The Peace Congress recommended a Franco-German rapprochement, also the submission to The Hague Arbitration Court of the Panama Canal dispute between Great Britain and the United States unless it is settled diplomatically. August ict. It has been decided to hold the next congress in Vienna in 1914. August 25. The Peace Congress has adopted a flag consisting of seven rainbow stripes merging into white, symbolising the union of the different nations into an harmonious world federation.